carcinoid syndrome (CS) is a compendium of clinical manifestations including secretory diarrhoea, flushing and less commonly wheezing and dyspnoea secondary to overproduction of such compounds, mainly serotonin
the nurse asked A.A. whether she was on prednisone. Learning she wasn’t, the nurse suggested A.A. might have Cushing’s syndrome, which results from too much cortisol in the body for long periods. It can be caused by taking a corticosteroid, like prednisone, or by something inside ...
Carcinoid syndrome occurs in fewer than 5% of cases. It presents with symptoms like diarrhoea, wheezing, palpitations, hypotension. In the present case authors were attributing the gastric symptoms to carcinoid syndrome. Endoscopy was done in view of diarrhoea which revealed a second malignancy. ...
Carcinoid tumors have occurred in association with other familial or genetic disorders, such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1) [76] and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Multicentric tumor involving more than one organ (eg, larynx and thyroid) has been reported. [77, 78] A second primary...
Biochemical workup for Cushing syndrome, if clinically indicated Other biochemical evaluation, as clinically indicated European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) consensus guidelines for high-grade gastroenteropancreatic NETs, issued in 2016, include the following minimal consensus recommendations on diagno...
Carcinoid SyndromeCarcinoid Heart DiseasePrimary carcinoid tumors of the liver are rare, therefore classifying their nature as primary hepatic in nature requires extensive workup and prolonged follow-up. All neuroendocrine tumors have an inherent malignant potential that must be recognized. Management ...
Budd-ChiariThrombosisRectal carcinoidBudd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is defined as an obstruction of the hepatic venous outflow anywhere from the small hepatic veins to the suprahepatic inferior vena cava. In this study, a rare case of BCS induced by a metastatic rectal carcinoid is presented. A 57...
Carcinoid syndromeHeart failureTricuspid regurgitationMitral regurgitationHerein, we report the case of a 67‐year‐old woman who was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnoea and oedema of the lower extremities. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed severe tricuspid and mitral regurgitation, and the ...