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=Carcinoid syndrome= | =Carcinoid syndrome= | ||
==Pathophysiology== | |||
*Neuroendocrine tumour -> hormone secretion (5-hydroxytryptamine + others).<ref name=pmid19444261>{{Cite journal | last1 = Druce | first1 = M. | last2 = Rockall | first2 = A. | last3 = Grossman | first3 = AB. | title = Fibrosis and carcinoid syndrome: from causation to future therapy. | journal = Nat Rev Endocrinol | volume = 5 | issue = 5 | pages = 276-83 | month = May | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/nrendo.2009.51 | PMID = 19444261 }}</ref> | *Neuroendocrine tumour -> hormone secretion (5-hydroxytryptamine + others).<ref name=pmid19444261>{{Cite journal | last1 = Druce | first1 = M. | last2 = Rockall | first2 = A. | last3 = Grossman | first3 = AB. | title = Fibrosis and carcinoid syndrome: from causation to future therapy. | journal = Nat Rev Endocrinol | volume = 5 | issue = 5 | pages = 276-83 | month = May | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/nrendo.2009.51 | PMID = 19444261 }}</ref> | ||
==Clinical== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid19444261/> | |||
*Diarrhea, flushing and wheezing. | |||
==Pathologic findings== | |||
Classic pathologic finding:<ref name=pmid19444261/> | Classic pathologic finding:<ref name=pmid19444261/> | ||
*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. | ||
=Microscopic - generic= | =Microscopic - generic= | ||