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Carcinoid syndrome: update on the pathophysiology and treatment
Clinics, 2018 Approximately 30-40% of patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors present with carcinoid syndrome, which is a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with the secretion of several humoral factors.
Anezka C. Rubin de Celis Ferrari +2 more
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A forgotten diagnosis in right heart failure: A case report and literature review
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Carcinoid heart disease is a well‐known complication of carcinoid syndrome that affects morbidity and mortality. Carcinoid heart disease may be asymptomatic in the early stages; therefore, patients with carcinoid syndrome should be screened to prevent ...
Azin Alizadehasl +5 more
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JACC: Case Reports, 2020 Carcinoid heart disease is a complication of carcinoid syndrome. The role of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in carcinoid heart disease is unclear. We present a case of refractory heart failure due to right- and left-sided carcinoid heart disease
Jennifer Bell, MD +4 more
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Late-stage diagnosis of carcinoid heart disease due to lack of access to health care
Cardio-Oncology, 2023 Carcinoid syndrome (CS) is a unique constellation of symptoms caused by release of vasoactive substances from neuroendocrine tumors (Pandit et al., StatPearls, 2022).
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Malignant carcinoid tumor of the pancreas [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2002 Carcinoid tumors arise from argentaffine cells or from a primitive stem cells which may differentiate into anyone of a variety of adult endocrine-secreting cells.
Čolović Radoje B. +5 more
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Duodenal carcinoid with carcinoid syndrome [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2014 Carcinoid tumours are uncommon well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumours. Primary duodenal carcinoids account for less than 2% of all gastrointestinal carcinoids. Duodenal carcinoids are seldom associated with carcinoid syndrome. We report a rare case of duodenal carcinoid presenting as a carcinoid syndrome in a middle-aged man with upper abdominal ...
Ravikiran, Naalla +3 more
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Multivalvular cardiac carcinoid syndrome: Looking beyond the rheumatic stigma
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2021 We report an intriguing case of multivalvular cardiac carcinoid syndrome with primary ovarian carcinoid tumour appearing as cystic teratoma. Since the systemic symptoms of carcinoid syndrome went unnoticed by previous caregivers, the patient was being ...
Soumik Ghosh +2 more
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Synchronous Tumours: A Combination of Carcinoid and Adenocarcinoma [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Synchronous tumour refers to cases in which the second primary cancer is diagnosed within six months of primary cancer. Carcinoid tumours are innocuous at time of presentation, emphasising the need for multidisciplinary approach for the diagnosis.
Rowhit Yanamadala +3 more
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Multimodality imaging in carcinoid heart disease
Open Heart, 2019 Neuroendocrine neoplasms arise from the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to carcinoid syndrome. Carcinoid heart disease affects more than half of these patients and is the initial presentation of carcinoid syndrome in up to 20 % of patients. Carcinoid
Ali M Agha +10 more
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Intestinal Carcinoid Tumours in a Father and Daughter
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2001 Familial cases of carcinoid tumours that are not associated with any known syndrome or disease are extremely rare. All cases reported in the world literature have involved carcinoid tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. Two cases of carcinoid tumours of
Tuya Pal +4 more
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