Carcinoid tumour of the uterine corpus

Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol. 1993;422(1):93-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01605139.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoid Tumor / metabolism
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology*
  • Chromogranins / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Keratins / metabolism
  • Uterine Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterus / metabolism
  • Uterus / pathology

Substances

  • Chromogranins
  • Keratins