A carcinoid (also carcinoid tumor) is a slow-growing type of neuroendocrine tumor originating in the cells of the neuroendocrine system. In some cases...
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Carcinoid syndrome is a paraneoplastic syndrome comprising the signs and symptoms that occur secondary to neuroendocrine tumors (formerly known as carcinoid...
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Neuroendocrine tumor (redirect from Ileal carcinoid tumor)
They most commonly occur in the intestine, where they are often called carcinoid tumors, but they are also found in the pancreas, lung, and the rest of...
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Cecum (redirect from Cecal carcinoid tumor)
cecocolic orifice. A cecal carcinoid tumor is a carcinoid tumor of the cecum. An appendiceal carcinoid tumor (a carcinoid tumor of the appendix) is sometimes...
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Appendix cancer (section Carcinoid)
highest to lowest incidence. A carcinoid is a neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the intestines. Incidence rates among carcinoids occur at about 0.15 per 100...
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Appendix (anatomy) (redirect from Appendiceal carcinoid tumor)
diseases of the appendix (in humans) are appendicitis and carcinoid tumors (appendiceal carcinoid). Appendix cancer accounts for about 1 in 200 of all gastrointestinal...
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Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumour is a subtype of pulmonary carcinoid tumour. It is an uncommon low-grade malignant lung mass that is most often in the...
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serotonin, testing is most frequently performed for the diagnosis of carcinoid tumors of the enterochromaffin (Kultschitzsky) cells of the small intestine...
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Ileum (redirect from Ileum carcinoid tumor)
including: Crohn's disease Tuberculosis Lymphoma Neuroendocrine tumors (carcinoid) In veterinary anatomy, the ileum is distinguished from the jejunum by...
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The goblet cell carcinoid (GCC) is a rare biphasic gastrointestinal tract tumour that consists of a neuroendocrine component and a conventional carcinoma...
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strumal carcinoid is a type of monodermal teratoma with histomorphologic features of (1) the thyroid gland and (2) a neuroendocrine tumour (carcinoid). Struma...
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anger, or romantic stimulation. Flushing is also a cardinal symptom of carcinoid syndrome—the syndrome that results from hormones (often serotonin or histamine)...
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Atypical pulmonary carcinoid tumour is a subtype of pulmonary carcinoid tumor. It is an uncommon low-grade malignant lung mass that is most often in the...
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Gastrointestinal cancer (redirect from Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors)
rate with the latter procedure is above 70%.: 580 A gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor is a rare, slow-growing form of cancer that affects certain cells...
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Adenoma (redirect from Carcinoid adenoma)
abdomen. Bronchial adenomas are adenomas in the bronchi. They may cause carcinoid syndrome, a type of paraneoplastic syndrome. A sebaceous adenoma is a...
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Pulmonary carcinoid tumour is a neuroendocrine tumour of the lung. There are two types: Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumour Atypical pulmonary carcinoid tumour...
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ECLoma Midgut carcinoid Appendix carcinoid Hindgut carcinoid sometimes also referred to as Rectal carcinoid Pulmonary Typical bronchial carcinoid Atypical...
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Enterochromaffin cell (section Carcinoid syndrome)
constipation have shown some effectiveness in achieving normal GI functionality. Carcinoid syndrome is a rare condition characterized by an abnormal increase in...
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for Carcinoid Foundation (CFCF), is a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of Massachusetts in order to support neuroendocrine and carcinoid cancer...
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carcinomas of the breast Adrenocortical adenoma Adrenocortical carcinoma Carcinoid Gastrinoma Glucagonoma Insulioma Islet cell carcinoma (endocrine pancreas)...
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stromal tumors (GISTs) Lymphoma – these cancers start in lymphocytes. Carcinoid tumors of the midgut – this is a type of neuroendocrine tumor (NET). They...
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the diet. This can occur as a result of alcoholism, long-term diarrhea, carcinoid syndrome, Hartnup disease, and a number of medications such as isoniazid...
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the cecum is removed partially or totally. It can be done in cases like carcinoid syndrome, primary or secondary cancer. "Medical Definition of CECECTOMY"...
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is also a feature. During attacks of diarrhea, flushing similar to the carcinoid syndrome occur rarely. Besides the clinical picture, fasting VIP plasma...
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tumors from the low-grade typical pulmonary carcinoid tumor and intermediate-grade atypical pulmonary carcinoid tumor to the high-grade pulmonary large cell...
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Goblet cell carcinoid Mucocarcinoid tumor Mucinous carcinoid M8244/3 Composite carcinoid Combined carcinoid and adenocarcinoma Mixed carcinoid-adenocarcinoma...
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carcinoid Kvols LK. 2002. Carcinoid Tumors and the Carcinoid Syndrome: What's New in the Therapeutic Pipeline. (The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation:...
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lupus erythematosus Localized Cellulitis Abscess Boil Erythema nodosum Carcinoid syndrome Fixed drug eruption Specialized Urticaria Erythema (Multiforme...
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lupus erythematosus Localized Cellulitis Abscess Boil Erythema nodosum Carcinoid syndrome Fixed drug eruption Specialized Urticaria Erythema (Multiforme...
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leading to formation of carcinoid tumorlets. When the tumorlets become greater than 5mm in size they are considered bronchial carcinoids. Upon microscopic examination...
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