Pediatric neuroendocrine carcinoid tumors: Management, pathology, and imaging findings in a pediatric referral center

• Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer Vol. 64; no. 9
• Main Authors: Degnan, Andrew J., Tocchio, Shannon, Kurtom, Waleed, Tadros, Sameh S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Benign; carcinoid; Carcinoid Tumor - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoid Tumor - pathology; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Female; Health care facilities; Hematology; Humans; imaging; Lymph; Lymph nodes; Male; Metastases; Metastasis; neuroendocrine; Neuroendocrine tumors; Oncology; outcomes; Pathology; pediatric; Pediatrics; Referral and Consultation; Retrospective Studies; Somatostatin; tumor; Tumors; Urine; Young Adult; neuroendocrine; carcinoid; outcomes; imaging; tumor; pediatric

Background While neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumors are increasingly recognized in the adult population, they are often not suspected in children. Procedure Retrospective review of all well‐differentiated neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumors was performed based on pathology reports from a quaternary ped...