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Carcinoid tumor appearing in the form of rectumal polyp
K Csefkó, M Varga · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2005 · Heft 05
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Carcinoid tumors are rare, hormone producing neoplasms which can be spotted in the gastrointestinal tract, the pancreas, the lungs and sometimes in other organs. Traditionally they are divided into three subgroups: foregut, midgut and hindgut of origin. Their clinical symptoms depend on the materials produced by them (biogenous amines, peptide hormones). More recently the nomination “neuroendocrine tumor“ is used, the classical term “carcinoid tumor“ is applied only for the serotonine producing tumors of midgut origin. In our case a 38 year-old female patient was examined because of constipation, meteorism and s…
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Tumor
Abdominal Pain
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Amines
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