In a series of 52 patients with midgut carcinoid tumors, CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis showed soft-tissue stranding in 26 patients and discrete mesenteric masses in 25 patients. A logistic ...

2 Typically, carcinoid syndrome is characterized by attacks of cutaneous flushing, diarrhea and abdominal cramps, or by valvular cardiac manifestations due to fibrous deposits in the endocardium ...

Instrumental investigations (computed tomography of abdomen and chest) performed to discover metastatic spread or carcinoid multicentricity were all negative again. Based on the anamnestic and ...

Surgery is the main treatment for typical carcinoid (TC) and atypical carcinoid (AC ... Your surgeon makes small cuts in your tummy (abdomen). They pass a long tube called a laparoscope and other ...

Octreotide acetate 2500mcg/mL; soln for SC inj. See full labeling. Give by SC inj into abdomen, front of middle thighs, or deltoids. Rotate inj sites. Carcinoid tumors: 100–600mcg daily in 2–4 ...