Carcinoid of lungs
Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of lung
Updated: 10/15/2020
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General features
- Well-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasm
- Locally invasive, rarely metastasizes
- more common in female, age <60
- May have MEN1 mutation
- NOT related to smoking
Key clinical features
- May be asymptomatic
- Symptoms of bronchial obstruction
- Presentations associated with hormone production
Key morphological features
- Well defined border
- No necrosis
- Nests or trabeculae of cells with lightly eosinophilic cytoplasm, round to oval nuclei
- Salt and pepper chromatin pattern
Markers
- Positive: Cytokeratin
- Positive for neuroendocrine markers: CD56, neuron specific enolase, chromogranin, synaptophysin
- Negative: CD45 and other lymphocytic markers
Treatment
- Excision
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