Case 110 - Discussion

Uploaded: 2007-09-28, Updated: 2007-10-03
 

 

WELL DIFFERENTIATED NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA (ILEAL CARCINOID TUMOR)

          - MAXIMUM TUMOR DIMENSION: 3.0 CM

          - TUMOR INVADES ENTIRE INTESTINAL WALL AND EXTENDS TO THE

            PERI-INTESTINAL FAT TISSUE WITH MULTIPLE TUMOR NODULES

          - BILATERAL MARGINS ARE NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY

          - 5/37 LYMPH NODES POSITIVE FOR MALIGNANCY

          - LIVER BIOPSY IS POSITIVE FOR METASTATIC MALIGNANCY

  
CLINICAL FEATURES
   
GROSS FINDINGS
   
MICROSCOPIC FINDINGS
   
SUBTYPES
   
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES
   
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY AND SPECIAL STAINS
   
ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC FINDINGS
   
CYTOGENETIC STUDIES
   
TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS
   
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