Endocrine Abstracts

Bronchopulmonary neuroendocrine tumors (BP-NETs) comprise 20% of all lung cancers. Typical low grade carcinoid tumors (TC) represent the majority of BP-carcinoids. Intermediate grade atypical carcinoid tumors (AC) are less often encountered but more aggressive. Although metastatic dissemination to mediastinal lymph nodes as well as liver, skeleton, central nervous system, skin and mammary glands is well known, the involvement of endocrine glands is really rare.<p class="ab...