Gastric Clear Cell Carcinoid Tumor in Patient with Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: 508Bedeir, AhmedBhattacharya, BaishaliOfficial journal of the American College of Gastroenterology | ACG
potential. However, carcinoid tumor cells are distinguished from most other types of tumors in that they secrete various hormone-like substances (e.g., serotonin, noradrenalin, histamines) which may cause symptoms throughout the body rather than symptoms localized to the organ where the tumor ...
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Side effects of the analog were limited to gastric upset in one patient only. The control of serotonin production and its associated symptoms was considered excellent. Slowly progressive tumor growth led ultimately to death in thirteen of th...
We describe the case of an adult patient with a central right upper lobe carcinoid tumor and a concurrent tracheal bronchus malformation. This peculiar bronchial malformation allowed a sleeve S2 segmentectomy sparing the S1–S3 segments and the middle and lower lobes. The patient was discharged on...
Her Cushing’s was caused by a carcinoid tumor the size of a pencil eraser in her lung. The tumor – although not large enough to fluoresce during testing – had been signaling her adrenal glands, which produced enough cortisol, the fight-or-flight hormone, for 24 people. ...
Conclusion : This is the first report on pulmonary neuroendocrine tumorlets in a patient with PHTS, possibly extending the tumor spectrum associated with this syndrome. Tumorlets have not been reported with other hereditary cancer syndromes. However, patients with tumorlets may have a higher ...
(I, II, III, IV), and smoking status was regrouped into two categories (non-smoker, that includes never smokers and passive smokers, and smoker, that includes current and former smokers). In addition, one patient (S02236) that was originally classified as male was switched to female based...
The present study reports the case of a 16-year-old female patient that presented with severe right lower quadrant pain for 2 days. The patient underwent a successful appendectomy and recovered 2 days later. Subsequently, an appendiceal carcinoid tumor located at the proximal half towards the ...
For patient education resources, see the Procedures Center and Cancer and Tumors Center, as well as Bronchoscopy, Bronchial Adenoma, and Understanding Lung Cancer Medications. Next: Anatomy What to Read Next on Medscape Related Conditions and Diseases Neuroendocrine Tumors Guidelines Carcinoid Tumor ...