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*Fibrosis of cardiac valves (tricuspid and pulmonary). | *Fibrosis of cardiac valves (tricuspid and pulmonary). | ||
**Result ''TIPS'' = '''t'''ricuspid '''i'''nsufficiency '''p'''ulmonary '''s'''tenosis. | **Result ''TIPS'' = '''t'''ricuspid '''i'''nsufficiency '''p'''ulmonary '''s'''tenosis. | ||
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*In GI NETs the syndrome, generally, only arises in the context of liver metastases. | |||
**Exceptions - carcinoid syndrome without liver mets: ovarian NETs, bronchial NETs.<ref name=pmid 1574032>{{Cite journal | last1 = Haq | first1 = AU. | last2 = Yook | first2 = CR. | last3 = Hiremath | first3 = V. | last4 = Kasimis | first4 = BS. | title = Carcinoid syndrome in the absence of liver metastasis: a case report and review of literature. | journal = Med Pediatr Oncol | volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 221-3 | month = | year = 1992 | doi = | PMID = 1574032 }}</ref> | |||
=Microscopic - generic= | =Microscopic - generic= | ||