1, 2, 4. When carcinoid tumors start to spread or metastasize, they can start producing excesshormones that can lead to these sudden and severe symptoms. In many cases, patients arediagnosed after these symptoms start to develop. 4,5. The Symptoms of Carcinoid SyndromeHDI Wo...
Carcinoid tumors: These tumors make serotonin or its precursor, 5-HTP, and may causecarcinoid syndromewith symptoms of flushing of the skin, diarrhea, wheezing, and a rapidheartrate that occurs episodically; eventually, aheart murmur, shortness of breath, and weakness develop due to damage to t...
It may lower your risk of breast cancer, but raises the risk of cancer of the small intestine (a rare type of cancer), carcinoid tumors (a rare, slow-growing type of cancer that can occur in the digestive tract), and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (another rare form of cancer). It's...
(Aleve, Naprosyn), antidepressants, sildenafil (Viagra), and abuse of prescription or illegal drugs and drug withdrawal; hormone disorders like pheochromocytoma and carcinoid syndrome; idiopathic hyperhidrosis; infections like endocarditis, AIDs, and abscesses; alcoholism and alcohol withdrawal; drug ...
Primary insular carcinoid of the ovary with carcinoid heart disease: Unfavourable outcome of a case Introduction Primary ovarian carcinoid is a very rare disease. Carcinoid heart disease occurs in about one-third of patients with carcinoid syndrome. Cardi... Alessandro,Buda,and,... - 《International...
Objective Explore dynamic imaging by CT scanning for pheochromocytoma and to improve the understanding of this disease. Methods 13 cases with pheochromocutoma confirmed by surgery and pathology were included in the study group while 17 cases with other adrenal tumors were included in the control grou...
Duodenal atresia is the causative entity most commonly linked with a double bubble sign. Duodenal atresia is found in 1 in 10,000 newborns and is typically associated with other congenital anomalies; 30% of children with duodenal atresia have Down’s syndrome.23 ...
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