A carcinoid tumor in a mature thymic teratoma

Serezhin, B.S.; Stepanov, M.I.

Arkhiv Patologii 52(7): 59-62

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955
PMID: 1704701
Document Number: 361369
A description of a carcinoid in the mature thymic teratoma in a 43-year-old woman. Teratoma was represented by the skin with appendages, intestinal and respiratory epithelium, salivary gland, fat tissue, islands of cartilage and ependyma. A carcinoid of alveolo-trabecular type consisting of cells with argyrophilic and argentaffinic properties was found in the area of submucous glands of a respiratory tube. Serotonin and neurotensin were found by means of PAP method in carcinoid cells.

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