Colonic Goblet Cell Carcinoid: Rarity of a Rarity! A Case Report and Review of Literature
Abdalla Saad Abdalla Al-Zawi, Kashuf Arooj Khan, Ahmed Shah, Amira Asaad, Victoria Salter, Marina Barron, Soad Eldruki, Victoria Salih, Salem Omar AlowamiClinical case, no. 1, 2020
Article DOI: 10.21614/chirurgia.115.1.102
Goblet cell carcinoids (GCC) are extremelyrare neuroendocrine tumours, and characterised by their unique combination of two types of cancer cells â€" neuroendocrine (carcinoid) and epithelial (adeno-carcinoma). In spite of the fact that GCC is regarded as Neuro-Endocrine Tumour (NET), it does not illicit carcinoid syndrome.
GCC usually arises in the appendix and accounting for less than 14% of all appendiceal tumours.Primary extra-appendiceal GCC have been reported as stomach, duodenum, small intestine, colon and rectum. The paper presents a rare case of GCC of the ascending colon in a 57-year-old male.
GCC usually arises in the appendix and accounting for less than 14% of all appendiceal tumours.Primary extra-appendiceal GCC have been reported as stomach, duodenum, small intestine, colon and rectum. The paper presents a rare case of GCC of the ascending colon in a 57-year-old male.
Keywords: goblet cell carcinoid, neuroendocrine tumours, apocrine gland, antigen-presenting cells
