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Targeted treatment with somatostatin analogues: widening horizons of clinical practice
Targeted treatment with somatostatin analogues (SA) in acromegaly and neuroendocrine neoplasms may have some benefits compared to curative treatments, because these agents decrease excessive hormone secretion and exert a tumor-suppressive effect ...
Vyacheslav S. Pronin+3 more
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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), including poorly differentiated carcinomas (NECs), are rarely encountered. The majority of these tumors do not secrete excess hormones, but functioning NETs produce large amounts of vasoactive peptides and may ...
Frank Van Fraeyenhove+7 more
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Expressions of Cushing’s syndrome in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
Cushing’s syndrome (CS) resulting from endogenous hypercortisolism can be sporadic or can occur in the context of familial disease because of pituitary or extra-pituitary neuroendocrine tumors.
William F. Simonds
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The malignant carcinoid syndrome.A case report with biochemical studies
Sherwood B. Fein, Kenneth P. Knudtson
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Síndrome carcinóide: relato de caso Carcinoid syndrome: case report
Os tumores carcinóides são raros, com incidência aproximada de um a dois casos por 100.000 habitantes. Estima-se que a síndrome carcinóide - que se caracteriza por flushing, diarréia, dor abdominal e, em menor freqüência, pelagra, broncoespasmo e doença ...
Ane Beatriz Mautari Niwa+1 more
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Ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) secretion (EAS) is a rare cause of ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome (CS), most often caused by a thoracic neuroendocrine tumor (NET).
Stéphanie Larose+3 more
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Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome is a challenging diagnosis only responsible for approximately 10% of Cushing syndrome cases. It has been associated with a variety of benign and malignant tumors including a carcinoid tumor accompanied ...
Kyoung Jin Kim+5 more
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THE MALIGNANT CARCINOID SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH A METASTASIZING BRONCHIAL ADENOMA
Robert J. McConaghie
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Year in Review 2018 by the Brazilian Gastrointestinal Tumors Group: Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) constitute a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with variable prognoses and clinical presentations. Therefore their therapeutic management is challenging, involving a real multidisciplinary approach composed of medical ...
Duilio R. Rocha+2 more
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Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography Imaging Features of Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma in a 4-Year-Old French Bulldog. [PDF]
A 4‐year‐old female‐spayed French bulldog presented with symptoms of anorexia, lethargy, 22 and vomiting. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed multiple coalescing hyperechoic nodules 23 in the liver. Single‐phase contrast‐enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan showed 24 heterogeneous liver lobes with hyperattenuating parenchyma and multiple ...
Sim H+5 more
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