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==Neuroendocrine tumours== | ==Neuroendocrine tumours== | ||
===Overview=== | ===Overview=== | ||
*This is a group of tumours that has benign (e.g. carcinoid tumour of the lung) to malignant (e.g. small cell lung carcinoma) behaviour.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426400-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426400-overview]. Accessed on: 20 January 2010.</ref> | *This is a group of tumours that has benign (e.g. [[carcinoid]] tumour of the lung) to malignant (e.g. small cell lung carcinoma) behaviour.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426400-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/426400-overview]. Accessed on: 20 January 2010.</ref> | ||
*They are thought to arise from [[pulmonary neuroendocrine cell]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Chong S, Lee KS, Chung MJ, Han J, Kwon OJ, Kim TS |title=Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung: clinical, pathologic, and imaging findings |journal=Radiographics |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=41–57; discussion 57–8 |year=2006 |pmid=16418242 |doi=10.1148/rg.261055057 |url=}}</ref> | *They are thought to arise from [[pulmonary neuroendocrine cell]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Chong S, Lee KS, Chung MJ, Han J, Kwon OJ, Kim TS |title=Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung: clinical, pathologic, and imaging findings |journal=Radiographics |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=41–57; discussion 57–8 |year=2006 |pmid=16418242 |doi=10.1148/rg.261055057 |url=}}</ref> | ||