Carcinoid tumors are part of a heterogeneous group of gastrointestinal and pancreatic endocrine tumors that are characterized by their capacity to produce and secrete hormones, 5-hydroxytryptamine ...

UNLABELLED: Gastric carcinoids are of increasing clinical concern because they may develop in hypergastrinemic states, especially with the increased chronic use of potent acid suppressants that ...

This was in view of the severe local pain caused by the hepatomegaly, and cachexia attributed to gastric compression as well as persistent carcinoid syndrome. This procedure was followed by ...

Carcinoid tumors are thought to arise from neuroendocrine cells and originate mainly in the gastrointestinal tract. Cyclo-oxygenase-2 is reportedly expressed in neuroendocrine cells of normal ...