signet ring cell carcinoma
MONDO:0005092Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names signet ring cell carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A usually aggressive, poorly differentiated invasive adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of malignant glandular cells in which the nucleus is pressed to one side by the presence of intracytoplasmic mucus. It may arise from the stomach, small and large intestine, ampulla of Vater, appendix, gallbladder, pancreas, lung, bladder, breast, and prostate gland.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005092), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (11)
- acinar prostate adenocarcinoma, signet ring variant
- bladder signet ring cell adenocarcinoma
- colorectal signet ring cell carcinoma
- extrahepatic bile duct signet ring cell carcinoma
- gallbladder signet ring cell adenocarcinoma
- Krukenberg carcinoma
- lung signet ring cell carcinoma
- pancreatic signet ring cell adenocarcinoma
- signet ring cell breast carcinoma
- signet ring cell gastric adenocarcinoma
- signet ring cell variant cervical mucinous adenocarcinoma
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: signet ring cell carcinoma
- Also called
- signet ring carcinoma NOS (morphologic abnormality)signet ring cell adenocarcinomasignet ring cell carcinoma (morphologic abnormality)