Endocrine Abstracts

Neuroendocrine tumours presenting in the bronchial or gastrointestinal tract often present with metastatic disease. Whereas well recognised sites of metastases include liver, lymph nodes and bones, they can also arise in unusual locations sometimes causing difficulties in diagnosis. The breast is an uncommon site for neuroendocrine tumour metastasis with estimates that it represents 0.1% of all breast tumours. Due to the low incidence of these neoplasms and due to difficulties...