Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: clinical characteristics and progression to carcinoid tumour
Sun TY, Hwang G, Pancirer D, Hornbacker K, Codima A, Lui NS, Raj R, Kunz P, Padda SK. Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: clinical characteristics and progression to carcinoid tumour. European Respiratory Journal 2021, 59: 2101058. PMID: 34795035, PMCID: PMC8792466, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01058-2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasiaIdiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasiaPulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasiaElderly white womenNeuroendocrine cell hyperplasiaBasement membraneSuch hyperplasiaClinical characteristicsCarcinoid tumorsCell hyperplasiaIdentifiable causeLung diseasePreinvasive lesionsRare diseaseTumorsWhite womenNeuroendocrine cellsLung nodulesHyperplasiaTumourletsDiseaseNodulesNeoplasmsLesionsYears