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- Title
Diffuse Rectal Argyrophil Cell Hyperplasia and Multiple Carcinoids.
- Authors
Yonemura, Yutaka; Hashimoto, Tetsuo; Sugiyama, Kazuo; Kato, Masashi; Yao, Tadashi; Shima, Yuichi; Miyazaki, Itsuo
- Abstract
A 61-year-old male patient with multiple rectal carcinoid tumors is reported. In the resected specimen, innumerable carcinoids associated with unique diffuse hyperplasia of endocrine cells were identified. The hyperplastic endocrine cells and endocrine cell micronests were correlated closely with the topographical frequency of carcinoid tumors. However, hyperplastic endocrine cells in conjunction with the endocrine cell micronests could not be documented. The authors suggest that more than one neoplastic progenitor cell may give rise to multiple carcinoid tumors. Copyright © 1988 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Digestive Surgery, 1988, Vol 5, Issue 4, p226
- ISSN
0253-4886
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000171868