[Neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix].
An 19-year-old woman was admitted for acute appendicitis. The histological study of the appendix revealed a tubular variant of endocrine carcinoma of the appendix. Neuroendocrine tumors ("NETs") of the appendix are rare tumors which are usually detected incidentally, affecting 0.3% to 0.9% of appendectomies. Depending on their size, but also on some other factors, including histologic type, these tumors will require specific treatment; sometimes appendectomy will not be sufficient.
Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHU de Liège, Belgique.
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Delfosse
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Dome
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Detrembleur
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Wetz
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Boniver
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Fridman
D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor