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 ...
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 ...
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...
We report the case of a man with a carcinoid tumor and complicated postoperative course who developed a significant change in attitude CASE The patient is a 27-year-old man in the US military wi...
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 ...
Tumor类癌瘤Carcinoid tumours are often indolent asymptomatic tumours. However, a small but significant proportion are malignant and difficult to manage. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) may be associated with carcinoid tumours and should...
Carcinoid Tumor Response with XELOX: A Case Report of Metachronous Colon Cancer in a Patient with Metastatic Carcinoid Tumor: 1387Khan, Abduldel Toro, AlejandraFuloria, JyostnaOfficial journal of the American College of Gastroenterology | ACG
Here, we report a rare case of calcitonin secreting atypical carcinoid tumor of the lung in a patient with thyroid nodule. However, after extensive ancillary studies on the thyroid gland, no tumor was detected and subsequent resection specimen revealed a pulmonary atypical carcinoid tumor with ...
Here, we encountered a case of relapsed and refractory mediastinal atypical carcinoid tumor associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 for various cytotoxic and molecular targeted agents. The patient showed a good response to streptozocin monotherapy. We describe the case and review streptozocin ...