Chetty R, Clark S P, Bhathal P S
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol. 1993;422(1):93-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01605139.
A carcinoid tumour occurred in the uterine fundus causing an enlargement (12-14 weeks size). The patient did not have the carcinoid syndrome, despite elevated urinary 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid levels. The tumour had a typical organoid pattern with argentaffin-positive cells. Whilst a metastasis from an occult primary lesion cannot be entirely excluded, it is felt that this is a primary tumour most likely arising from resident endocrine cells in the endometrium.
