Large-Cell Esophageal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: Report of a Rare Case

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms with neuroendocrine characteristics such as secretion of neuropeptides, large secretory vesicles, and a lack of neural structures. Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the esophagus is a very rare malignancy. We present the case of a 58-year-old male with a pu...

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Autores principales: Galanis, Ilias, Simou, Magdalini, Floros, Georgios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8913815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35340509
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22041
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author Galanis, Ilias
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description Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms with neuroendocrine characteristics such as secretion of neuropeptides, large secretory vesicles, and a lack of neural structures. Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the esophagus is a very rare malignancy. We present the case of a 58-year-old male with a pure large cell NEC of the esophagus.
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spelling pubmed-89138152022-03-25 Large-Cell Esophageal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: Report of a Rare Case Galanis, Ilias Simou, Magdalini Floros, Georgios Cureus General Surgery Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms with neuroendocrine characteristics such as secretion of neuropeptides, large secretory vesicles, and a lack of neural structures. Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the esophagus is a very rare malignancy. We present the case of a 58-year-old male with a pure large cell NEC of the esophagus. Cureus 2022-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8913815/ /pubmed/35340509 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22041 Text en Copyright © 2022, Galanis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Large-Cell Esophageal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: Report of a Rare Case
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title_short Large-Cell Esophageal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: Report of a Rare Case
title_sort large-cell esophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a rare case
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8913815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35340509
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22041
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