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Carcinoid tumour of soft tissue: Primary or metastasis?
Author(s) -
Gochhait D.,
Umamahesweran S.,
Dehuri P.,
Toi P. C.,
Govindarajalou R.,
Ponnusamy M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12503
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , metastasis , pathology , primary (astronomy) , cytology , subcutaneous tissue , primary tumor , cancer , physics , astronomy
Subcutaneous neuroendocrine tumors (NET) are rare and usually metastatic from deep visceras. However, occasionally a primary carcinoid of soft tissue may be encountered which can be easily diagnosed on cytology. The primary site can be confirmed after exclusion of NET from the deep viscera after extensive radiologic investigation.