Endobronchial carcinoid tumors are the most common intrabronchial tumors in children and adolescents. Common signs and symptoms include persistent cough and wheezing not responsive to bronchodilators, hemoptysis, and recurrent fever. Diagnosis is frequently made by imaging and direct visualization with flexible bronchoscopy; surgery remains the gold standard treatment, and lung-sparing resectio...

Strumal carcinoid tumor of the ovary is a rare subtype of ovarian carcinoid tumors; it is characterized by an intimate mixture of thyroid and carcinoid tissues. We present a case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with the chief complaint of persistent, severe constipation for over 5 years; she was later found to have an ovarian strumal carcinoid tumor. Computed tomography showed a well-defin...

BACKGROUND: Carcinoid tumors are the most frequently encountered endocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. They are most often found in the appendix, although they can arise in any location of the gut. Carcinoid tumors may secrete a variety of bioactive substances, which can cause the complex of symptoms associated with the carcinoid syndrome. METHODS: The authors reviewed the pathology, ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results of surgical treatment for lung carcinoid tumor. PATIENTS AND METHOD The medical records of 62 patients who underwent surgical intervention for lung carcinoid tumor between May 1985 and October 2000 were reviewed. RESULTS Fifty-two patients had typical carcinoid tumors and 10 had atypical carcinoid tumors. Hilar or mediastinal lymph node metastases were pres...

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the expression of the ErbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases in pulmonary typical carcinoid and atypical carcinoid tumors and to understand the role of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling in pulmonary carcinoid tumor proliferation. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Surgically resected typical carcinoid (n = 24) and atypical carcinoid (n = 7) tumor tis...

A case of non-metastatic carcinoid tumour of the cervix is described from a patient without the carcinoid syndrome. The rarity of carcinoid tumour involving gynaecological structures other than the ovaries is discussed and a bried review of carcinoid disease presented.

A case is described of a 54 year old woman who had acute pericarditis with large exudative effusion accompanied by severe right and left ventricular failure. The patient was finally diagnosed with carcinoid heart disease from an ovarian carcinoid teratoma. She was treated with octreotide--a somatostatin analogue--followed by radical surgical resection of the neoplasm. At one year follow up only...

Carcinoid heart disease is classically described as right-sided valvular pathology. Solid cardiac metastases from carcinoid tumors are seldom reported. A multimodality imaging approach is needed to diagnose and localize this disease. Biopsy remains the gold standard to confirm the diagnosis of carcinoid. Octreotide uptake is characteristic of carcinoid tumor but not myxoma; thus, an indium-111 ...

BACKGROUND Carcinoid tumours are neuroendocrine neoplasms mainly located in the gastrointestinal tract and bronchopulmonary system. Our study's aim was to characterise the familial nature of gastrointestinal carcinoid tumours using the Swedish Family-Cancer Database, which includes >11.5 million individuals. METHODS Familial relative risks (RRs) of carcinoid tumours were estimated for individ...

Carcinoid tumors are generally thought to be sporadic, except for a small proportion that occur as a part of multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes. Data regarding the familial occurrence of carcinoid as well as its potential association with other neoplasms are limited. A chart review was conducted on patients indexed for malignant carcinoid tumor of the gastrointestinal tract seen at the Mayo...