Carcinoid tumors are well-circumscribed, ... The yellow area in the left side of the panel indicates the uptake of tracer into the midgut carcinoid tumor located in the terminal ileum.

Carcinoid of the small bowel represents 1.5 % of all GI ... small bowel, rectum, colon and stomach. When found arising from the ileum, ... Carcinoid tumors may also be investigated using nuclear ...

Six cases of carcinoid syndrome treated with cyclophosphamide showing biochemical regression acceptable as objective regression (in 4 confirmed by decrease in tumor size) were recently reported by ...

Carcinoid syndrome is a group of symptoms you might have with carcinoid tumors, a type of cancer. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of carcinoid syndrome.

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 ...

Carcinoid tumors of the terminal ileum simulating Crohn’s disease. Cleve Clin J Med 1988; 55 : 257–262. Article CAS Google Scholar ...

MiRNAs have not been previously examined in carcinoid tumors. We analyzed the type of miRNAs expressed in normal enterochromaffin cells from the terminal ileum and in primary midgut carcinoid and ...

ALTHOUGH the role of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin, 5HT) in the pathophysiology of the carcinoid syndrome, and especially in flush production, has been seriously questioned,2 the fact remains that ...

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.

The patient’s subjective flushing symptoms with an ileal mass suggested a carcinoid tumor. ... (28%). Of the gastrointestinal tumors, the ileum is the most common site (45%), followed by ...