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neuroendocrine carcinoma

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A malignant neuroendocrine neoplasm composed of cells containing secretory granules that stain positive for NSE and chromogranin. The neoplastic cells are often round and form clusters or trabecular sheets. Representative examples are small cell carcinoma, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, and Merkel cell carcinoma. [ NCIT:C3773 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • MESH:D018278 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • NCIT:C3773 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
  • UMLS:C0206695 (NCIT:C3773)
  • ICDO:8246/3 (NCIT:C3773)
  • DOID:1800 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • SCTID:253000007 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
abbreviation
NEC [ NCIT:C3773 ]

definition

A malignant neuroendocrine neoplasm composed of cells containing secretory granules that stain positive for NSE and chromogranin. The neoplastic cells are often round and form clusters or trabecular sheets. Representative examples are small cell carcinoma, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, and Merkel cell carcinoma.

exactMatch

http://identifiers.org/snomedct/253000007, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0206695, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C3773, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D018278, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1800

has exact synonym

neuroendocrine carcinoma, NEC, neuroendocrine cancer

id

MONDO:0002120