The patient’s subjective flushing symptoms with an ileal mass suggested a carcinoid tumor. A 24-hour urine 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) test was mildly elevated at 18.4 mg per day (normal ...

There are 11,000-15,000 new cases of carcinoid diagnosed every year in the U.S, and an estimated 115,000 Americans are currently living with the disease.

A 36-year-old asymptomatic female patient has a 2-cm carcinoid tumor of the appendix found incidentally on gynecologic laparoscopy. Appendectomy revealed 1 positive lymph node in the mesoappendix ...

Immunohistochemical analysis of tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (DC) in small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) and carcinoid tumor (CT) tissues. Tissue slides (6 μm) from optimal cutting temperature ...

Gastric carcinoid tumors are rare tumors that originate from gastric enterochromaffin-like cells in the oxyntic mucosa.1 There are ... abdominal CT scanning showed one 1.8-cm nodule in the body ...

A carcinoid tumor is a type of neuroendocrine tumor. (“Neuroendocrine” means that the cells get input from nerves, and in response secrete hormones.) These are usually benign tumors, and ...

A 24-year-old thin Caucasian female with a very vague stated history of "some kind of tumor in my appendix when they took it out ... noted an incidental finding of an 11-mm carcinoid tumor.

Carcinoid tumors and adenomas of the middle ear are rare neoplasms of indeterminate relationship to one another. Indeed, the literature is devoid of a large comprehensive series that evaluates the ...

Carcinoid tumors are ... SRS with indium-111-labeled somatostatin analogue octreotide can be used to localize primary and metastatic tumors with a sensitivity of 73% to 90%. CT or MRI scans ...