The article presents a case study of a 72-year-old man who was taken to the hospital due to metastatic carcinoid syndrome. It notes that the patient had cyanosis, telangiectasia and flushing of the face and with congestive heart failure and weight loss. Carcinoid tumour and its originations ...
MALIGNANT carcinoid syndromePALPITATIONERYTHEMAHYPERVENTILATIONA 55-year-old female, presented complaining of flushing, diarrhea and palpitations. The onset of flushing had coincided with the menopause but had progressively worsened. Most episodes were spontaneous, although occasional alcohol provocation was ...
The management of refractory carcinoid syndrome: challenges and opportunities aheadWe want to characterize the immune microenvironment of small bowel carcinoids and pNETs.doi:10.1080/13696998.2017.1394312Cives, MauroPellè, EleonoraSilvestris, Franco
syndromeneuroendocrineAn 80-year-old male patient presented with abdominal pain, paroxysmal diaphoresis, diarrhoea and vomiting. CT scan revealed a small bowel endocrine carcinoma (or 'carcinoid' tumour), but the absence of hepatic disease. The lesion was excised 'en-bloc'. Intra-operatively, ...
Carcinoid syndrome poses many challenges intraoperatively, including hypertension, hypotension and bronchospasm. These complicatons decrease in magnitude with the routine use of Octreotide. We report the perioperative use of Octreotide in a 37 yr old man, with carcinoid tumor in terminal ileum, who ...
SummaryThe follow up of a case of the carcinoid syndrome complicated by scleroderma is reported, in which progress of the disease may have been halted by treatment with a combinaton of cyproheeptadine, paracholrophenylalanone and prednisolone. Impairment of cyproheptadine, parachlorophenylalanine ...
Fibrosis and carcinoid syndrome: from causation to future therapy . Nat Rev Endocrinol 2009 ;5(5): 276 – 283 .Druce M, Rockall A, Grossman AB (2009) Fibrosis and carcinoid syndrome: from causation to future therapy. Nat Rev Endocrinol 5:276–283...
Canadian Journal of SurgeryPasieka JL, Mckinnon JG, Kinnear S, Yelle CA, Numerow L, Paterson A, et al.Carci- noid syndrome symposium on treatment modalities for gastrointestinal Carcinoid tumors. Symposium summary. Can J Surg 2001; 44: 25-32....
The Carcinoid Syndrome and Angioedema.EBSCO_AspAnnals of Internal Medicine
Examines the efficacy of 5-hydroxytryptamine M receptor antagonist on carcinoid syndrome. Mediation of 5-hydroxytryptamine on secretory diarrhea of carcinoid syndrome; Role of receptor on sweating; Effect of bile salt spillage on diarrhoea of carcinoid syndrome.Anderson...