Table of Contents
Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Gulwani, H. Neuroendocrine carcinoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/smallbowelNECarcinoma.html. Accessed April 21st, 2018.
Definition / general
- Usually fatal
Case reports
- 52 year old man with collision tumor of primary adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine carcinoma of duodenum (Rare Tumors 2012;4:e20)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Marked pleomorphism, large irregular hyperchromatic nuclei, prominent nucleoli, tumor necrosis, frequent mitotic figures