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Abdominal Crisis in the Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome

open access: closedArchives of Internal Medicine, 1966
EPISODES of acute abdominal pain during the course of the malignant carcinoid syndrome often present a major challenge to physicians caring for patients with this unique disease. The primary tumor (usually in the small intestine) rarely causes symptoms until widespread metastases occur.
C. E. Mengel
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Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome Associated with Noncarcinoid Tumors

New England Journal of Medicine, 1965
DURING the past decade the "malignant carcinid syndrome" has been a favored subject in the medical literature because of the dramatic nature of its acute and chronic clinical manifestations and of its as yet unresolved challenges to the physiologist and therapist.
Oliver H. Beahrs   +3 more
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Treatment of the Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome

Survey of Anesthesiology, 1986
We studied the effects of a long-acting analogue of somatostatin (SMS 201-995, Sandoz) in 25 patients with histologically proved metastatic carcinoid tumors and the carcinoid syndrome. This drug was self-administered by subcutaneous injection at a dose of 150 micrograms three times daily. Flushing and diarrhea associated with the syndrome were promptly
Joseph Rubin   +5 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome

open access: closedJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1975
To the Editor.— The article, "Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome," by Dr. A. L. Ureles (229:1346, 1974) contains several serious errors. In this letter I shall concentrate on those that have substantial patient-care implications. Documentation of the statements I shall make may be found in a recent textbook chapter1that will also ...
Robert J. Levine
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Treatment of Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome With a Long-Acting Somatostatin Analogue

Archives of Dermatology, 1989
A patient with malignant carcinoid syndrome was treated with a long-acting somatostatin analogue. The cutaneous and systemic improvement our patient had while receiving this therapy is described.
Jaime A. Tschen   +2 more
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Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome

open access: closedArchives of Internal Medicine, 1966
SINCE the early descriptions of the carcinoid syndrome, 1-4 it has been assumed that the associated hyperserotonemia is responsible for the symptoms and development of the cardiac lesions. These lesions, which appear mainly on the right side of the heart, are characterized by subendocardial proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in thickening of the
Arnold Adicoff   +2 more
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Cushing's and Malignant Carcinoid Syndromes From Ovarian Neoplasm

open access: closedArchives of Internal Medicine, 1965
Introduction THERE is a growing appreciation of the protean nature of the so-called carcinoid tumor in terms of site of origin, histological appearance, and capacity for hormone production. 1 In addition to the now widely recognized capacity of these tumors to produce the tryptophan metabolite, serotonin (5-HT), and the serotonin precursor, 5 ...
Montague Lane, Harold Brown
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Malignant carcinoid syndrome: Survival in the octreotide LAR era

open access: closedJournal of Clinical Oncology, 2005
4084 Background: Somatostatin analogues (SMSA) (octreotide) are effective in controlling excess hormonal symptoms in the majority of patients (pts) with carcinoid syndrome.
Y. Shyr, L. B. Anthony, T. Kang
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