Neurosecretory granules

Neurosecretory granules

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✅ On Electron microscopy of neurosecretory granules will show “Membrane-bound dense core granules”.

✅ They are characteristic of endocrine and neuroendocrine cells containing tumors like carcinoid, small cell cancer of lung, and pheochromocytoma.

✅ Dense core neurosecretory granules consisting of neuroendocrine markers like chromogranin, synaptophysin, CD 57 and Bombesin.

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