Tumours from neuroendocrine cells; slow-growing often; chromogranin A marker
Expansion
Neuroendocrine Tumour
Purpose
Arise throughout body; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours and carcinoid common
Clinical Context
Neuroendocrine tumours (carcinoid): slow-growing. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours most common neuroendocrine tumours. Octreotide scan (Octreoscan) for staging. Somatostatin receptor positron emission tomography (68Ga-DOTATATE) now standard.
Related Terms
- Carcinoid
- Endocrine tumour
Key Points
- “Neuroendocrine tumour: often hypervascular on computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging; somatostatin receptor avid on Octreoscan; somatostatin receptor positron emission tomography emerging”