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Siegfried Oberndorfer: a tribute to his work and life between Munich, Kiel, Geneva, and Istanbul

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In 1907 Siegfried Oberndorfer published his observations and interpretations on tumorlets (“Geschwulstchen”) in the small intestine, which he called carcinoids (“karzinoide Tumoren”). This article pursues the questions why this discovery was so unique and what role it played in the later life of Siegfried Oberndorfer.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Walter L. Castrillón-Oberndorfer, Siegfried Oberndorfer’s grandson, for providing us with photographs and allowing us access to personal family records, in particular the unpublished autobiography. We are also grateful to Prof. K. Wurster, Munich, for providing us with information.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Kiel, Michaelisstr. 11, 24105, Kiel, Germany

    Günter Klöppel & Katherine Dege

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

    Yersu Kapran & Sitki Tuzlali

  3. Gastric Pathobiology Research Group, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Irvin M. Modlin

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Klöppel, G., Dege, K., Remmele, W. et al. Siegfried Oberndorfer: a tribute to his work and life between Munich, Kiel, Geneva, and Istanbul. Virchows Arch 451 (Suppl 1), 3–7 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-007-0462-z

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