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Ovarian Insular Carcinoid Tumor

MedGen UID:
276668
•Concept ID:
C1518718
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A carcinoid tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of round cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm forming cribriform patterns. Clinical manifestations of carcinoid syndrome occur in approximately thirty percent of patients. The prognosis is favorable. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOvarian Insular Carcinoid Tumor

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor With Heterologous Hepatocytes and a Hepatocellular Carcinomatous Element.
Yamamoto S, Sakai Y
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2019 May;38(3):247-252. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000499. PMID: 29620585

Prognosis

Fortuitously detected primary ovarian carcinoid tumor: A case report.
Choi HY, Pak MG, Park JW
Medicine (Baltimore) 2023 Aug 4;102(31):e34391. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000034391. PMID: 37543794Free PMC Article
Primary ovarian carcinoid: Two cases report and review of literature.
Zhai LR, Zhang XW, Yu T, Jiang ZD, Huang DW, Jia Y, Cui MH
Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Oct 2;99(40):e21109. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000021109. PMID: 33019380Free PMC Article
Primary ovarian carcinoid: A report of two cases and a decade registry.
Metwally IH, Elalfy AF, Awny S, Elzahaby IA, Abdelghani RM
J Egypt Natl Canc Inst 2016 Dec;28(4):267-275. Epub 2016 Jul 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jnci.2016.06.003. PMID: 27402167
Primary ovarian trabecular carcinoid tumour: a case report with an immunohistochemical study and a review of the literature.
De la Torre J, García A, Castellví J, López M, Gil A
Arch Gynecol Obstet 2004 Dec;270(4):274-7. Epub 2003 May 28 doi: 10.1007/s00404-003-0509-6. PMID: 12774237
Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors.
Davis KP, Hartmann LK, Keeney GL, Shapiro H
Gynecol Oncol 1996 May;61(2):259-65. doi: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0136. PMID: 8626144

Clinical prediction guides

Primary ovarian carcinoid: Two cases report and review of literature.
Zhai LR, Zhang XW, Yu T, Jiang ZD, Huang DW, Jia Y, Cui MH
Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Oct 2;99(40):e21109. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000021109. PMID: 33019380Free PMC Article
Primary ovarian mixed strumal and mucinous carcinoid arising in an ovarian mature cystic teratoma.
Kim NR, Ha SY, Shin JW, Lim S, Park CY, Cho HY
J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2016 Feb;42(2):211-6. Epub 2015 Nov 26 doi: 10.1111/jog.12878. PMID: 26607856
Primary carcinoid tumor of the testis: Immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and FISH analysis with review of the literature.
Kato N, Motoyama T, Kameda N, Hiruta N, Emura I, Hasegawa G, Murata T, Kimura M, Tsuda H, Ishihara T
Pathol Int 2003 Oct;53(10):680-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01535.x. PMID: 14516318
Evidence of hybrid cell of thyroid follicular cell and carcinoid cell in strumal carcinoid.
Kimura N, Sasano N, Namiki T
Int J Gynecol Pathol 1986;5(3):269-77. doi: 10.1097/00004347-198609000-00009. PMID: 3759324
Primary bronchial and ovarian carcinoid tumors in the same patient: a case report and histopathologic analysis.
Sorbe B, Valentin K, Wilander E
Gynecol Oncol 1986 Nov;25(3):355-62. doi: 10.1016/0090-8258(86)90087-9. PMID: 3536680

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