Summary
In a series of 248 gastric carcinomas from surgical resections the occurence of argyrophil and argentaffin cells was studied. These cells were distinctly more frequent in diffuse than in tubular carcinomas. In all cases with both types of APUD-cells, argyrophil cells were more numerous than argentaffin cells. These tumors are considered to be a variant of current gastric carcinoma, with more pronounced APUD-differentiation of neoplastic cells. This variant stands apart from carcinoid tumors and also from those rare nasal adenocarcinomas with argentaffin cells.
Zusammenfassung
In einer Serie von 248 bioptisch untersuchten Magenkarzinomen wurde das Vorkommen von argyrophilen und argentaffinen Zellen studiert. Diese Zellen wurden bedeutend häufiger beim diffussen Karzinom nachgewiesen. Bei allen Beobachtungen, wo beide APUD-Zelltypen vorkamen, wurde eine wesentlich größere Anzahl argyrophiler als argentaffiner Zellen festgestellt. Die beschriebenen Geschwülste werden als Variante der üblichen Magenkarzinome angesehen und von karzinoiden Geschwülsten sowie dem nasalen Adenokarzinom mit argentaffinen Zellen abgegrenzt.
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Prokš, C., Feit, V. Gastric carcinomas with argyrophil and argentaffin cells. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 395, 201–206 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00429612
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