CARCINOID SYNDROME
Carcinoid syndrome results from the hypersecretion of serotonin by neuroendocrine tumours of the gut.
Carcinoid syndrome results from the hypersecretion of serotonin by neuroendocrine tumours of the gut.
NETs of the gastrointestinal tract mainly of the small bowel, and those located in the right half of the colon, which have metastasized to the liver, can exhibit a group of symptoms, including:
the so-called carcinoid syndrome.
TopCarcinoid syndrome results from the hypersecretion of hormones, mainly serotonin, which cannot be metabolized by the liver due to metastases.
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