Gastric carcinoid tumor in a patient with a past history of gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14: 6884-7.Chien-Yuan Hung,Ming-Jen Chen,Shou-Chuan Shih,etc.Gastric carcinoid tumor in a patient with a past history of gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the...
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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 ...
An adult patient with both intraabdominal carcinoid tumor and chylous ascites underwent thoracic duct drainage in an attempt to relieve accumulation of intraabdominal fluid. After cannulation of the left cervical thoracic duct, lymph flow rate was normal (1.4ml/min) and 24 hours of drainage was ...
A patient with a primary carcinoid tumor of the orbit is described. No other tumor had been found during the 15-year interval since the onset of unilateral proptosis. Symptoms of the carcinoid syndrome were absent, ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Gastric carcinoid tumor after laparoscopic gastric banding: Case report of a patient with weight regainGastric bandingGastric carcinoidWeight regainUpper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy in patients undergoing bariatric surgery is controversial. It is recommended routinely by some authors to detect benign or...
If a patient status post total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAH-BSO) for this tumor presents with a pelvic mass, recurrence of the tumor must be considered, as must the presence of residual ovarian tissue producing physiologic cysts with mass effect, termed the "...