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Atypical gastric carcinoids
Author(s) -
SWEENEY E.C.,
McDONNELL L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1980.tb02914.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology
Four examples of infiltrating gastric tumours which had light microscopic features suggestive of carcinoid or oat‐cell carcinoma are documented. Histological and ultrastructural findings indicated that these tumours were atypical carcinoids. A spectrum of endocrine cell neoplasia in the stomach analagous to that observed in the bronchus is postulated. It is felt that increased recognition of poorly differentiated endocrine tumours of the stomach might be of prognostic and therapeutic importance.