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*Nice review of stains in Pahlavan and Kanthan.<ref name=pmid15967038>{{cite journal |author=Pahlavan PS, Kanthan R |title=Goblet cell carcinoid of the appendix |journal=World J Surg Oncol |volume=3 |issue= |pages=36 |year=2005 |month=June |pmid=15967038 |pmc=1182398 |doi=10.1186/1477-7819-3-36 |url=http://wjso.com/content/3/1/36}}</ref> | *Nice review of stains in Pahlavan and Kanthan.<ref name=pmid15967038>{{cite journal |author=Pahlavan PS, Kanthan R |title=Goblet cell carcinoid of the appendix |journal=World J Surg Oncol |volume=3 |issue= |pages=36 |year=2005 |month=June |pmid=15967038 |pmc=1182398 |doi=10.1186/1477-7819-3-36 |url=http://wjso.com/content/3/1/36}}</ref> | ||
==Neuroendocrine tumour== | ==Neuroendocrine tumour of the appendix== | ||
{{Main|Neuroendocrine tumour}} | {{Main|Neuroendocrine tumour}} | ||
* | *Previously known as ''appendiceal carcinoid''. | ||
*Most common tumour of the appendix.<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|435}}</ref> | ===General=== | ||
*Most common tumour of the appendix.<ref name=PCPBoD8_435>{{Ref PCPBoD8|435}}</ref> | |||
Size matters in ''appendiceal NETs'':<ref name=pmid12569593>{{Cite journal | last1 = Modlin | first1 = IM. | last2 = Lye | first2 = KD. | last3 = Kidd | first3 = M. | title = A 5-decade analysis of 13,715 carcinoid tumors. | journal = Cancer | volume = 97 | issue = 4 | pages = 934-59 | month = Feb | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1002/cncr.11105 | PMID = 12569593 }}</ref> | |||
*<1.0 cm - do not metastasize. | |||
*1.0-2.0 cm - rarely metastasize. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*See ''[[neuroendocrine tumours]]''. | |||
===IHC=== | |||
Features: | |||
*See ''[[neuroendocrine tumours]]''. | |||
=See also= | =See also= | ||