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Carcinoid Tumors and Carcinoid Syndrome: What they are, how they behave and how they are diagnosed
Presented by Richard R. P. Warner MD
Clinical Professor of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY,
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University , New York, NY,
Medical Director, Carcinoid Cancer Foundation,…
Carcinoid syndrome
A combination of symptoms caused by release into the circulation of excessive amounts of serotonin and other hormonal substances from some carcinoid tumors. Symptoms may include flushing of the face, diarrhea, bronchial spasms (wheezing), rapid …
READ MOREIf I have a patient with severe asthma, facial flushing, and elevated serum 5-HIAA, could this be carcinoid syndrome?
It can be carcinoid syndrome. How high is the 5-HIAA and was the urine collected on a serotonin-free diet? If it was more than just slightly elevated, then confirm its significance by testing blood serotonin, which should be increased; blood tryptophan,…
READ MOREWhich symptoms need to be present to diagnose carcinoid syndrome?
Carcinoid syndrome requires one or more of the following for laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis: increased blood serotonin with decreased blood tryptophan, increased chromogranin A and increased urine 5HIAA or indole-3-acetic acid. In spite…
READ MOREIf I have been diagnosed with carcinoid syndrome due to a high 5-HIAA & symptoms, but nothing shows on a CT scan, what’s next?
If I understand your question correctly, you state that a diagnosis of carcinoid syndrome is suspected because of symptoms and high urine 5-HIAA, but the CT scan is normal and you want to know what other tests should now be done to prove the diagnosis. Failure…
READ MOREWhat hormones do carcinoid tumors secrete to produce the symptoms of carcinoid syndrome?
In general it can be stated that practically all carcinoid syndrome cases exhibit some increase in at least one of the many endocrine chemical products elaborated by the tumor and producing the syndrome. These include not only blood serotonin and urine…
READ MOREIf I have anaphylactic episodes, with flushing, diarrhea & low blood pressure, could I have carcinoid syndrome?
I can provide some general suggestions that should be useful, as regulations restrict me from answering specific questions. Carcinoid crisis is characterized by abrupt flushing of face and sometimes upper body, usually severe fall in blood pressure…
READ MOREIf I have a patient with severe asthma, facial flushing, and elevated serum 5-HIAA, could this be carcinoid syndrome?
It can be carcinoid syndrome. How high is the 5-HIAA and was the urine collected on a serotonin-free diet? If it was more than just slightly elevated, then confirm its significance by testing blood serotonin, which should be increased; blood tryptophan,…
READ MOREWhich symptoms need to be present to diagnose carcinoid syndrome?
Carcinoid syndrome requires one or more of the following for laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis: increased blood serotonin with decreased blood tryptophan, increased chromogranin A and increased urine 5HIAA or indole-3-acetic acid. In spite…
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