Cytological pattern of multihormonal carcinoid of the appendix with metastasis to the liver corresponding a clinical insulinoma
Urbańczyk, K.; Tomaszewska, R.
Polish Journal of Pathology Official Journal of the Polish Society of Pathologists 45(3): 225-229
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1233-9687 PMID: 7953441 Document Number: 432446
The paper describes a cytological pattern of carcinoid of the appendix metastasizing to the liver and lymph nodes, clinically manifested by increased insulin level, in whose cells immunohistochemical studies revealed also the presence of gastrin and somatostatin. The case was confirmed by autopsy examination.