Prostate gland & seminal vesicles
Neuroendocrine neoplasms
Well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor
Author: Komal Arora, M.D.
Last author update: 1 March 2012
Last staff update: 14 October 2022
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PubMed search: prostatic carcinoid tumor
Cite this page: Arora K. Well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/prostatecarcinoid.html. Accessed November 27th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Very rare tumor of prostate
- Also called low grade neuroendocrine carcinoma
- May metastasize
Case reports
- 7 year old boy (J Urol 1995;153:1080)
- 34 year old man (Int Urol Nephrol 2010;42:683)
- 61 year old man with primary carcinoid tumor of the verumontanum and a coexisting prostatic adenocarcinoma (J Med Case Reports 2010;4:16)
- 78 year old man with incidental 2 cm tumor with lymph node metastases at autopsy (Am J Surg Pathol 1984;8:545)
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Primary carcinoid tumor of the verumontanum
