%0 Journal Article %T The eminent German pathologist Siegfried Oberndorfer (1876-1944) and his landmark work on carcinoid tumors %A Gregory Tsoucalas %A Marianna Karamanou %A George Androutsos %J Annals of Gastroenterology %D 2011 %I Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology %X Siegfried Oberndorfer has a distinct place in the Pantheon of pathology as a century ago he described a new neoplastic entity in small bowel and coined first the term ˇ°carcinoidˇ±. His research stands as a classical landmark in the understanding of carcinoid tumors. Keywords Siegfried Oberndorfer, carcinoid tumors, small intestine Ann Gastroenterol 2011; 24 (2): 98-100 %U http://www.annalsgastro.gr/index.php/annalsgastro/article/view/924