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Small intestinal carcinoid

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Common symptoms

右心衰竭、失水、下腹部包块、意识模糊、腹泻、烟酸缺乏、腹痛、乏力

The pathology of disease

Small intestinal carcinoid (neuroendocrine tumor) is slow-growing serotonin-secreting tumor; midgut; flushing/diarrhea (carcinoid syndrome) after liver mets; surgery; somatostatin analogues.

Symptoms

Flushing; diarrhea; wheezing; right-sided heart disease; midgut mass; slow; elevated chromogranin A; metastasis to liver

Causes

Neuroendocrine tumor; midgut; serotonin secretion; liver bypass.

Treatment

Surgical resection; somatostatin analogues; liver-directed therapy; oncology; chromogranin A follow-up

Dept

Gastroenterology / oncology / surgery / endocrinology.

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