Difference between revisions of "Neuroendocrine neoplasms"

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+Carcinoid syndrome
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=Use of the term ''carcinoid''=
=Use of the term ''carcinoid''=
Use of the term ''carcinoid'' is discouraged.<ref name=pmid18414708>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chetty | first1 = R. | title = Requiem for the term 'carcinoid tumour' in the gastrointestinal tract? | journal = Can J Gastroenterol | volume = 22 | issue = 4 | pages = 357-8 | month = Apr | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18414708 }}
Use of the term ''carcinoid'' is discouraged (in pathology reports).<ref name=pmid18414708>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chetty | first1 = R. | title = Requiem for the term 'carcinoid tumour' in the gastrointestinal tract? | journal = Can J Gastroenterol | volume = 22 | issue = 4 | pages = 357-8 | month = Apr | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18414708 }}
</ref><ref name=pmid15153416>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Klöppel | first1 = G. | last2 = Perren | first2 = A. | last3 = Heitz | first3 = PU. | title = The gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine cell system and its tumors: the WHO classification. | journal = Ann N Y Acad Sci | volume = 1014 | issue =  | pages = 13-27 | month = Apr | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 15153416 }}
</ref><ref name=pmid15153416>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Klöppel | first1 = G. | last2 = Perren | first2 = A. | last3 = Heitz | first3 = PU. | title = The gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine cell system and its tumors: the WHO classification. | journal = Ann N Y Acad Sci | volume = 1014 | issue =  | pages = 13-27 | month = Apr | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 15153416 }}
</ref><ref name=pmid14513276>{{cite journal |author=Klöppel G |title=[Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract] |language=German |journal=Pathologe |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=287–96 |year=2003 |month=July |pmid=14513276 |doi=10.1007/s00292-003-0636-7 |url=}}</ref>
</ref><ref name=pmid14513276>{{cite journal |author=Klöppel G |title=[Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract] |language=German |journal=Pathologe |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=287–96 |year=2003 |month=July |pmid=14513276 |doi=10.1007/s00292-003-0636-7 |url=}}</ref>
=Carcinoid syndrome=
Cause:
*Neuroendocrine tumour -> hormone secretion (5-hydroxytryptamine + others).<ref name=pmid19444261>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Druce | first1 = M. | last2 = Rockall | first2 = A. | last3 = Grossman | first3 = AB. | title = Fibrosis and carcinoid syndrome: from causation to future therapy. | journal = Nat Rev Endocrinol | volume = 5 | issue = 5 | pages = 276-83 | month = May | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/nrendo.2009.51 | PMID = 19444261 }}</ref>
Classic pathologic finding:<ref name=pmid19444261/>
*Fibrosis of cardiac valves (tricuspid and pulmonary).
**Result ''TIPS'' = '''t'''ricuspid '''i'''nsufficiency '''p'''ulmonary '''s'''tenosis.
Clinical features:ref name=pmid19444261/>
*Diarrhea, flushing and wheezing.


=Microscopic - generic=
=Microscopic - generic=
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