"Carcinoma, Islet Cell" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A primary malignant neoplasm of the pancreatic ISLET CELLS. Usually it involves the non-INSULIN-producing cell types, the PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS and the pancreatic delta cells (SOMATOSTATIN-SECRETING CELLS) in GLUCAGONOMA and SOMATOSTATINOMA, respectively.
| Descriptor ID |
D018273
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.470.200.025.290 C04.588.274.761.500 C04.588.322.475.500 C06.301.761.500 C06.689.667.500 C19.344.421.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Carcinoma, Islet Cell- Carcinoma, Islet Cell
- Carcinomas, Islet Cell
- Islet Cell Carcinoma
- Islet Cell Carcinomas
- Islet Cell Tumor, Malignant
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