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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Neuroendocrine Tumors Arising in Non-endocrine Organs

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Surgical Pathology of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors

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Abstract

The cytopathologic characteristics of endocrine tumors occurring in non-endocrine organs are not dissimilar to their counterparts commonly found in endocrine organs and detailed in the first half of this chapter. The terminology may be organ specific such as ‘Merkel cell carcinoma’ for neuroendocrine carcinoma native to the skin, but distinguishing Merkel cell from a metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung or a small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of paranasal sinuses may be difficult without knowledge of the clinical history and a selective immunohistochemical panel in appropriate cases. This chapter outlines the cytologic characteristics of the spectrum of neuroendocrine tumors occurring in non-neuroendocrine organs that are likely to be encountered in clinical practice by the cytopathologist.

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

    Sanjay Logani (Associate Professor of Pathology)

  2. Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Suite H187, 1364 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

    Zubair W. Baloch (Professor of Pathology, Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program)

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Logani, S., Baloch, Z.W. (2009). Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Neuroendocrine Tumors Arising in Non-endocrine Organs. In: Khan, A. (eds) Surgical Pathology of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors. Current Clinical Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-396-1_3

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