carcinoid syndrome

Carcinoid syndrome refers to a spectrum of symptoms that result from excessive hormone (mainly serotonin) secretion.

Epidemiology

Occurs equally between the sexes, most commonly in the 40-70 year age group .

Clinical presentation

Diarrhea is the most common and earliest symptom but others include flushing, right heart failure, pain and bronchospasm .

Pathology

Carcinoid syndrome can occur as a paraneoplastic syndrome in the context of a carcinoid tumor, most commonly a gastrointestinal tract carcinoid.

The presence of the carcinoid syndrome often indicates hepatic metastatic disease, usually from a primary bowel carcinoid tumor.

See also

• carcinoid cardiac lesions

Siehe auch:

• Karzinoid
• Trikuspidalklappeninsuffizienz
• Hedinger-Syndrom
• Endokardfibrose

und weiter:

• Lungenkarzinom
• thymic carcinoid tumour
• Teleangiektasie
• gastrointestinale neuroendokrine Tumoren