Carcinoid tumors can form in many areas of your body, but they're most common in the cells of the digestive system -- the stomach, small intestines, appendix, and rectum. They can also form in the lungs or a small organ behind the breast bone called the thymus. More rarely, they grow...
All duodenal polyps should be sampled or removed, if feasible. Even small polyps can be adenomas or carcinoids and may present a risk forcancerdevelopment. The risk of cancer increases with polyp size; however, most polyps, even those larger than 2 cm, are benign and should be removed endos...
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Successful preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas using Tc99m-sestamibi scanning is influenced by the cytological predominance of individual tumors. Negative scans might therefore be unavoidable in a subgroup of patients. Authors and Affiliations Department of Endocrine Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital...