and an abdominal CT scan was performed that showed a mass near the terminal ileum. The patient’s subjective flushing symptoms with an ileal mass suggested a carcinoid tumor. A 24-hour urine 5 ...

Abdominal CT showed multiple hepatic ... with a neuroendocrine tumor of the carcinoid type. Octreotide imaging localized the primary tumor to the terminal ileum of the small intestine.

Those are also the symptoms for carcinoid syndrome. Carcinoid tumors usually begin in the colon and spread to the liver or other organs. A CT scan showed that had happened to House. "I guess the ...