Small bowel (small intestine) - Neuroendocrine carcinoma

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Small bowel (small intestine)

Carcinoma

Neuroendocrine carcinoma

Reviewer: Hanni Gulwani, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 12 December 2012, last major update August 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

General
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● Usually fatal

Case reports
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● 52 year old man with collision tumor of primary adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine carcinoma of duodenum (Rare Tumors 2012;4:e20)

Micro description
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● Marked pleomorphism, large irregular hyperchromatic nuclei, prominent nucleoli, tumor necrosis, frequent mitotic figures

Micro images
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Nests of small cells with uniform round nuclei with classic salt and pepper chromatin

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