Cytological pattern of multihormonal carcinoid of the appendix with metastasis to the liver corresponding a clinical insulinoma.
The paper describes a cytological pattern of carcinoid of the appendix metastasizing to the liver and lymph nodes, clinically manifested by increased insulin level, in whose cells immunohistochemical studies revealed also the presence of gastrin and somatostatin. The case was confirmed by autopsy examination.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Pathomorphology, Jagellonian University Medical College, Kraków.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male