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What is a carcinoid?

What is a carcinoid? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (medicine) A form of slow-growing tumour originating in the neuroendocrine system.
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The most common forms of this variant are struma ovarii and carcinoid in the ovary.
The carcinoid component was negative for both lymphatic and vascular permeations.
A related neoplasm, the carcinoid tumor, is another rare lesion in the esophagus.
These findings were thought to be consistent with carcinoid tumor with metastases to the liver.
Histologically, the tumor was composed of trabecular and anastomosing ribbonlike nests, identical to the features of carcinoid tumors of other sites.
It is moderately effective in treating melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, and carcinoid.

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