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Goblet cell carcinoma

rare

An aggressive type of endocrine tumor of the appendix presenting equally in males and females in the fifth decade of life and manifesting with a palpable mass and abdominal pain or acute appendicitis. Metastasis to the ovaries, peritoneum or right colon has usually already occurred in half of patients at the time of diagnosis.

Also known as
appendix adenocarcinoid tumor · appendix adenocarcinoid tumour · appendix goblet cell carcinoid · appendix goblet cell carcinoid tumor · appendix goblet cell carcinoid tumour

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