Diagnosis. Carcinoid tumor of midgut origin with large segment 3 liver metastasis. Carcinoid syndrome and carcinoid heart disease. Management. Symptomatic relief with somatostatin analog therapy ...
The onset of so-called carcinoid syndrome, which develops in approximately 13% of patients who have bronchial carcinoid tumors, is caused by secretion of 5-hydroxytryptamine, histamine or ...