Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Tumors, Malignant Neoplasm Of Respiratory Tree

Neuroendocrine tumors are neoplasm that can ascend from the respiratory tree. About 25% of all neuroendocrine tumors bronchial neuroendocrine tumors constitute 1% to 2% of all lung cancers. The epidemiology, clinical behavior, and treatment of neuroendocrine carcinoid tumors differ significantly from other lung malignancies. Neuroendocrine, or carcinoid, tumors are an exclusive class of malignancies that are capable of producing hormones identical to those from the nervous system.

Neuroendocrine malignancies are a family of malignancies found throughout the body. Particularly the tumors of the bronchial tree account for approximately 25% of all well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. Pathology The neuroendocrine tumors of the lung arise from bronchial mucosal cells known as enterochromaffin cells or Kulchitsky cells, which are part of the diffuse neuroendocrine system (DNES). These…