Diseases

Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome

A symptom complex associated with CARCINOID TUMOR and characterized by attacks of severe flushing of the skin, diarrheal watery stools, bronchoconstriction, sudden drops in blood pressure, edema, and ascites. The carcinoid tumors are usually located in the gastrointestinal tract and metastasize to the liver. Symptoms are caused by tumor secretion of serotonin, prostaglandins, and other biologically active substances. Cardiac manifestations constitute CARCINOID HEART DISEASE. (Dorland, 27th ed; Stedman, 25th ed)

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A symptom complex associated with CARCINOID TUMOR and characterized by attacks of severe flushing of the skin, diarrheal watery stools, bronchoconstriction, sudden drops in blood pressure, edema, and ascites. The carcinoid tumors are usually located in the gastrointestinal tract and metastasize to the liver. Symptoms are caused by tumor secretion of serotonin, prostaglandins, and other biologically active substances. Cardiac manifestations constitute CARCINOID HEART DISEASE. (Dorland, 27th ed; Stedman, 25th ed)

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  • Carcinoid Syndrome, Malignant
  • Carcinoid Syndromes, Malignant
  • Malignant Carcinoid Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Malignant Carcinoid
  • Syndromes, Malignant Carcinoid

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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for cardiac manifestation index CARCINOID HEART DISEASE

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  1. C04w.557.465.625w.650w.200w.500w
  2. C04w.557.470.200w.025w.200w.500w
  3. C04w.557.580.625w.650w.200w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008303. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008303
  2. Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoid_syndrome
  3. Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339547