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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Most common tumour of the appendix.<ref name=PCPBoD8_435>{{Ref PCPBoD8|435}}</ref> | *Most common tumour of the appendix.<ref name=PCPBoD8_435>{{Ref PCPBoD8|435}}</ref> | ||
**Not really common though - one is seen in approximately 300 appendectomies.<ref name=pmid23416502>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mitra | first1 = B. | last2 = Pal | first2 = M. | last3 = Paul | first3 = B. | last4 = Saha | first4 = TN. | last5 = Maiti | first5 = A. | title = Goblet cell carcinoid of appendix: A rare case with literature review. | journal = Int J Surg Case Rep | volume = 4 | issue = 3 | pages = 334-7 | month = | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.01.007 | PMID = 23416502 }}</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> | 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> | ||