BACKGROUND Carcinoid involvement of left-sided heart valves has been reported in patients with a patent foramen ovale, carcinoid tumor of the lung, and active carcinoid syndrome with high levels of serotonin. The present study details the clinical features and surgical management of patients with carcinoid heart disease affecting both left- and right-sided valves. METHODS AND RESULTS Eleven p...

Primary renal carcinoid tumor is a rare tumor of the kidney. Less than 40 cases of primary and metastatic renal carcinoids have been reported. There is a strong association of renal carcinoid tumors with horseshoe kidneys [1, 2]. The radiographic appearance is non-specific and overlaps that of renal cell carcinoma. Histopathologic differentiation between these two entities is essential because ...

Carcinoid tumor is a slow-growing type of neuroendocrine tumor, originating in the enterochromaffin cells and secreting mainly serotonin. Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are found throughout the intestinal tract, the appendix and terminal ileum being the most common locations, and are classified by site of origin and by degree of differentiation, with well-differentiated lesions representing those...

A case of carcinoid tumour of the ampulla of Vater with viscero-cutaneous neurofibromatosis is reported together with a review of the literature.

Carcinoid heart disease is characterized by heart valve dysfunction as well as carcinoid symptomatology. We report a case of carcinoid heart disease associated with a primary ovarian tumor. A 60-year-old woman presented for dyspnea evaluation with a history of facial flushing, telangiectatic skin changes, and pitting edema of both lower extremities. Chest radiography showed cardiomegaly, and ec...

We report the case of a 35-year-old female patient with a metastasized carcinoid of the papilla of Vater which is a rare lesion. 96 cases have been published in world literature previously. The carcinoid of the papilla of Vater appears typically as a hormone inactive tumor. It becomes symptomatic by cholestasis and jaundice in most cases and not by carcinoid-syndrome. An association with von Re...

Goblet cell carcinoid tumors (GCCT) are uncommon neoplasms that predominantly occur in the vermiform appendix. They tend to occur in middle-aged adults with a near equal sex distribution. Most Goblet cell carcinoid tumors are discovered in appendices removed for acute appendicitis and for other reasons. Goblet cell carcinoid tumors demonstrate features of both classic carcinoid tumor and adenoc...

Bronchial carcinoid tumors account for 1-2% of all primary lung tumors and are separated into 2 subgroups: typical and atypical carcinoids. Atypical carcinoids as intermediate-grade malignancies can metastasize more frequently, thus exhibiting poorer prognosis than the low-grade typical carcinoid tumors. Surgical resection remains the mainstay of treatment for pulmonary carcinoids. Bronchoscopi...

Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors of the ovary are rare and represent less than 0.1% of ovarian malignancy. One of its subtypes is the strumal carcinoid in which the thyroid tissue is seen in intimate association with carcinoid tumor. We here report a 47-year-old woman with strumal carcinoid of the right ovary presented with cessation of menstrual periods in the past 3 months and was referred du...