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The present paper describes the existence and the morphology of nuclear bodies in liver metastases of an ileal carcinoid, and their possible role is discussed. Although the patient presented a “flush syndrome”, there were few secretory granules in the metastatic neoplastic cells. This fact is correlated with the light microscopic observation that only rarely did the cell of the metastatic carcinoid give a positive argentaffin reaction. This was in accordance with the observed pleomorphism of the carcinoid cells in the liver metastasis.
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Lichtoptische und elektronenoptische Beschreibung von 3 Kerneinschlüssen in der Lebermetastase eines Ileum-Carcinoids. Trotzdem der Patient Flush-Symptome aufwies, konnten in den Tumorzellen der Lebermetastasen nur wenige Sekretgranula nachgewiesen werden. Dies stimmt mit der Tatsache überein, daß Carcinoidmetastasen nur selten eine positive Silberreaktion geben.
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Polyzonis, M., Calpaksidis, M. Nuclear bodies in liver metastases of an ileal carcinoid. Virchows Arch. Abt. A Path. Anat. 353, 185–190 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00548976
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