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 ]
Synonyms: neuroendocrine carcinoma NEC neuroendocrine cancer
Term information
- MEDGEN:104919 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C3773 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
- SCTID:253000007 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0206695 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D018278 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:1800 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICDO:8246/3 (NCIT:C3773)
gard_rare, otar, rare
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/253000007
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0206695
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C3773
http://identifiers.org/medgen/104919
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D018278
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1800