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Cutaneous manifestations of the malignant carcinoid syndrome
British Journal of Dermatology, 2005The incidence of carcinoid tumours is approximately 1.5 per 100 000 of the population. The malignant carcinoid syndrome, which is caused by circulating neuroendocrine mediators produced by the tumour, occurs in less than 10% of patients. Cutaneous involvement, although recognized in this rare syndrome, has rarely been reported.To examine a series of ...
H K, Bell +3 more
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Archives 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
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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
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Therapy of the Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 1989Although usually associated with carcinoid tumors of the small intestine that have metastasized to the liver, the carcinoid syndrome is seen less frequently with primary tumors arising from other organs such as the lung, pancreas, thymus, stomach, and ovary.
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Therapy of the Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1965Excerpt The therapy of the malignant carcinoid syndrome presents a unique challenge to physicians caring for patients with this unusual disease.
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Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome Associated with Noncarcinoid Tumors
New England Journal of Medicine, 1965DURING 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.
Charles G. Moertel +3 more
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Gastrointestinal carcinoids and the malignant carcinoid syndrome.
Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics, 1981The records of 59 patients with gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors at The New York Hospital from 1948 to 1978 were reviewed. Forty-seven instances were diagnosed surgically; 12 were identified on autopsy specimens. The average age at diagnosis was 55.8 years. No association with duodenal ulcer or carcinoma could be made. The appendix was the mose common
H, Beaton, W, Homan, P, Dineen
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Treatment of the carcinoid tumor and the malignant carcinoid syndrome.
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1983Certainly in treatment of the carcinoid tumor surgery has a well-established curative and palliative potential. The primary challenge is a knowledgable marriage between stage of disease and aggressiveness of operative procedure. Nonsurgical treatment of the malignant disease per se has thus far not produced optimum results and, in the opinion of this ...
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Changing bronchomotor tone in malignant carcinoid syndrome.
The Nebraska state medical journal, 1971 D E, Dines, P A, Green, M A, Adson
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Primary duodenal carcinoid with malignant carcinoid syndrome: a case report.
The American journal of gastroenterology, 1986Primary duodenal carcinoid causing a malignant carcinoid syndrome is rare. Herein a case is reported. In view of this case and a review of the literature, the carcinoid syndrome is almost pathognomonic of massive liver metastasis or involvement of organs whose venous drainage is not through the portal system.
H, Gutman +3 more
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Effect of Melphalan in the Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome
, 1969 Charles A. Lotito
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