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A carcinoid tumour occurred in the uterine fundus causing an enlargement (12–14 weeks size). The patient did not have the carcinoid syndrome, despite elevated urinary 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid levels. The tumour had a typical organoid pattern with argentaffin-positive cells. Whilst a metastasis from an occult primary lesion cannot be entirely excluded, it is felt that this is a primary tumour most likely arising from resident endocrine cells in the endometrium.
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Chetty, R., Clark, S.P. & Bhathal, P.S. Carcinoid tumour of the uterine corpus. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 422, 93–95 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01605139
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