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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Percutaneous closure of PFO in patients with reduced oxygen saturation at rest and during exercise : short- and long-term results [PDF]
, 2020 Background. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rare cause of hypoxemia and clinical symptoms of dyspnea. Due to a right-to-left shunt, desaturated blood enters the systemic circulation in a subset of patients resulting in dyspnea and a subsequent ...
De Cuyper, Celine +8 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).
Aditi Sharma +6 more
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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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Somatostatin Analogues in the Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors: Past, Present and Future [PDF]
, 2019 In recent decades, the incidence of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) has steadily increased. Due to the slow-growing nature of these tumors and the lack of early symptoms, most cases are diagnosed at advanced stages, when curative treatment options are no ...
Amthauer, Holger +8 more
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Gel chromatographic characterization of immunoreactive adrenocorticotropin in patients with ACTH hypersecretion [PDF]
, 1989 We investigated the molecular size of circulating immunoreactive ACTH by gel chromatography in patients with ACTH hypersecretion due to various disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
A Chatelain +19 more
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Immune Reactivity and Pseudoprogression or Tumor Flare in a Serially Biopsied Neuroendocrine Patient Treated with the Epigenetic Agent RRx-001. [PDF]
, 2016 Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are grouped together as a single class on the basis of histologic appearance, immunoreactivity for the neuroendocrine markers chromogranin A and synaptophysin, and potential secretion of hormones, neurotransmitters ...
Brzezniak, Christina +11 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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