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Primary carcinoid tumors of the pancreas: Report of eight cases.

open access: yes, 2013
Context Primary pancreatic carcinoid tumors (foregut) are very rare. A typical carcinoid syndrome with diarrhea and flushing may be present. The diagnosis is based on the high urinary 5-HIAA (5-hydroxyndole acetic acid) levels (or high serum serotonin ...
PEDRAZZOLI, SERGIO   +7 more
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Characterization of the neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors nature by MDCT enhancement pattern: a radio-pathological correlation

open access: yes, 2012
Introduction Pre-operative suspicion of neuroendocrine pancreatic lesions nature arises both from clinical (presence and the type of secreted hormone) and imaging findings.
NOVARIA, LISA
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Prediction of prognosis by echocardiography in patients with midgut carcinoid syndrome

open access: yes, 2001
The association between malignant midgut carcinoid tumours and right-sided cardiac lesions is well known, but the pathogenetic link between tumour secretion and valvular disease is still obscure.
Wängberg, Bo,   +5 more
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Evaluation of new diagnostic and treatment strategies in the management of the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

open access: yes, 2000
Includes bibliography.Despite major advances over the last two decades with the management of patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES), unanswered questions remain concerning the natural history of the disease, the impact of new diagnostics ...
Radebold, Klaus
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Diagnosis of Rare Duodenal Neuroendocrine Tumor with Carcinoid Syndrome

open access: yes
Introduction Duodenal carcinoids are malignant tumors originating from enterochromaffin cells. They develop distant metastases and account for approximately one-third of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).
Aurika Balamurugan   +2 more
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A clinical overview of carcinoid tumors: perspectives for improvement in treatment using peptide analogs (review)

open access: yes, 2005
Carcinoid tumors were first described more than a century ago, but the treatment of patients with advanced disease remains a challenge to physicians. The etiology of carcinoid tumors, the biologic determinants of the growth of these malignancies, as well
Schally, Andrew V   +1 more
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[Bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumours]

open access: yes, 2002
Carcinoids are neuroendocrine neoplasms. Bronchial carcinoids are unusual, malignant primary neoplasms that characteristically involve the central airways and typically exhibit well-defined margins and bronchial-related growth.
FILOSSO, Pier Luigi   +3 more
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The role of interferons in the management of carcinoid tumors

open access: yes, 1991
Malignant carcinoid tumors with the carcinoid syndrome has over the years presented a therapeutic challenge. Surgery is the treatment of choice in local disease but when liver metastases have developed other treatment procedures must be considered ...
Eriksson, Barbro,, Öberg, Kjell,
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Computerized tomography findings in intestinal carcinoid.

open access: yes, 1998
Introduction. We studied the CT patterns of abdominal carcinoid tumors. Material and methods. Eight patients with carcinoid tumors were examined with CT. The tumors were in the ileum (2 patients), duodenum (1), colon (1), and mesentery (4).
Magliocca M   +5 more
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Anatomic and functional imaging of metastatic carcinoid tumors

open access: yes, 2007
Carcinoid tumors are a fascinating group of neuroendocrine neoplasms that develop either sporadically or as part of an inheritable syndrome. Many tumors arise in the bronchopulmonary or gastrointestinal tract, but a neuroendocrine tumor can arise in ...
Boardman, Philip   +20 more
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