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enteroendocrine cell (Kulchitsky cell)
Endocrine cells scattered throughout the digestive tract, producing at least 20 different gastrointestinal hormones & neurotransmitters. The cells contain argentaffinic or argyrophilic granules. It is hypothesized that the enteroendocrine cell is the cell of small cell carcinoma origin.
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small cell carcinoma
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endocrine cell
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.