Glandular duodenal carcinoid--a somatostatin rich tumour with neuroendocrine associations.

摘要: The clinical and pathological features of four cases duodenal carcinoid tumour are presented. All tumours showed a glandular pattern, in three this was associated with psammoma bodies. In somatostatin identified by immunocytochemistry most cells. two the were von Recklinghausen's disease phaeochromocytoma. importance these unusual is discussed, it suggested that carcinoids specific subgroup endocrine cell which appear to have potentially important associations.