PATHOLOGY AND NOMENCLATURE OF HUMAN GASTROINTESTINAL NEUROENDOCRINE (CARCINOID) TUMORS AND RELATED LESIONS

Citation
G. Kloppel et al., PATHOLOGY AND NOMENCLATURE OF HUMAN GASTROINTESTINAL NEUROENDOCRINE (CARCINOID) TUMORS AND RELATED LESIONS, World journal of surgery, 20(2), 1996, pp. 132-141
Citations number
88
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
03642313
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
132 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-2313(1996)20:2<132:PANOHG>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The pathology and nomenclature of the neuroendocrine cell proliferatio ns in the gut are reviewed. The neoplastic lesions are discussed withi n the light of a new classification system that attempts to consider t he morphologic, functional, and biologic features of the tumors.