TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging of carcinoid tumors
T2 - Spectrum of findings with pathologic and clinical correlation
AU - Elsayes, Khaled M.
AU - Menias, Christine O.
AU - Bowerson, Michyla
AU - Osman, Omar M.
AU - Alkharouby, Ahmed M.
AU - Hillen, Travis J.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Carcinoid tumors are primary malignant neoplasms that arise from neuroendocrine cells. These cells are located throughout the body, resulting in many possible locations for the development of carcinoid tumor. The most common primary location is the gastrointestinal tract, followed by respiratory and thymic carcinoids. The presentations of these tumors are variable depending on their location, aggressiveness, production of functional peptides, and tendency to invade or metastasize.Carcinoid tumors can be imaged by various modalities including gastrointestinal studies, ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging as well as nuclear medicine studies (radioactive octreotide). In this review, we illustrate the spectrum of imaging features of carcinoid tumors in various locations of the human body.
AB - Carcinoid tumors are primary malignant neoplasms that arise from neuroendocrine cells. These cells are located throughout the body, resulting in many possible locations for the development of carcinoid tumor. The most common primary location is the gastrointestinal tract, followed by respiratory and thymic carcinoids. The presentations of these tumors are variable depending on their location, aggressiveness, production of functional peptides, and tendency to invade or metastasize.Carcinoid tumors can be imaged by various modalities including gastrointestinal studies, ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging as well as nuclear medicine studies (radioactive octreotide). In this review, we illustrate the spectrum of imaging features of carcinoid tumors in various locations of the human body.
KW - Carcinoid
KW - imaging
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U2 - 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181fd2044
DO - 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181fd2044
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21245692
AN - SCOPUS:79551566708
SN - 0363-8715
VL - 35
SP - 72
EP - 80
JO - Journal of computer assisted tomography
JF - Journal of computer assisted tomography
IS - 1
ER -