RT Book, Section
A1 Maxwell, Jessica E.
A1 Howe, James R.
A2 Morita, Shane Y.
A2 Balch, Charles M.
A2 Klimberg, V. Suzanne
A2 Pawlik, Timothy M.
A2 Posner, Mitchell C.
A2 Tanabe, Kenneth K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1145758170
T1 Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors
T2 Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793315
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145758170
RD 2024/04/19
AB German  pathologist  Siegfried  Oberndorfer  recognized  carcinoid  tumors  as  a  unique  entity  in  1907.  Prior  to  his  published  case  reports,  these  tumors  were  thought  to  be  benign  carcinomas,  but  Oberndorfer  presented  six  patients  with  multifocal,  pea-sized  tumors  of  the  ileum  that  appeared  malignant  on  histologic  examination.1  He  named  the  disease  “karzinoide”  (carcinoma-like)  to  more  accurately  classify  their  clinical  behavior.  Today,  the  term  “carcinoid  tumor”  provokes  controversy  among  those  who  prefer  more  specific  oncologic  terminology  for  the  disease,  but  it  persists  as  an  etymologic  honorarium  to  the  man  who  pioneered  the  field.2