Thymic carcinoid is an uncommon neoplasm that can present with Cushing syndrome. We report a 39-year old woman with symptoms of Cushing syndrome secondary to thymic carcinoid and synchronous with tuberculous lymphadenitis and pulmonary tuberculosis.

Bronchial carcinoids are low grade malignancies with an excellent prognosis and a low incidence of metastases. This report describes a case of a typical carcinoid tumour with metastases to the spine after four years and to the heart after eight years. Carcinoid tumours rarely metastasise to the heart and previous reports have identified gastrointestinal primaries as the source in most cases. Th...

THE first description of a carcinoid tumour was as early as 1888 (Lubarsch). Later attention was drawn to the possibility that the cells of these tumours (known as argentaffinomas) act as secretors of some "endocrine" substance. "Enteramine" or "serotonin" (5 hydroxytryptamine or 5 H.T.) was later isolated from carcinoid tumours and recently its degradation product-5 hydroxy-indoleacetic acid o...

BACKGROUND Carcinoid heart disease typically results in pulmonary stenosis and tricuspid incompetence. Percutaneous balloon dilatation is an effective treatment for congenital pulmonary stenosis and has been applied successfully to tricuspid stenosis caused by carcinoid heart disease. The value of balloon dilatation of the pulmonary valve in carcinoid pulmonary stenosis was assessed. METHODS ...

THE CARCINOID TUMOR is a slow growing malignant lesion capable of distant metastases. Frequently, patients afflicted with this tumor develop a pathognomonic fibrosis of valves and endocardium involving primarily the right side of the heart. Although only 50% of the patients with metastatic disease survive for 3 years, these patients usually succumb from intractable congestive heart failure.' Re...

THE CARCINOID TUMOR is a slow growing malignant lesion capable of distant metastases. Frequently, patients afflicted with this tumor develop a pathognomonic fibrosis of valves and endocardium involving primarily the right side of the heart. Although only 50% of the patients with metastatic disease survive for 3 years, these patients usually succumb from intractable congestive heart failure.' Re...

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.

There are limited numbers of reports concerning the management of pregnancy complicated by carcinoid tumors. Octreotide, the synthetic analogue of somatostatin, has been found to be beneficial in preventing the perioperative exacerbation of carcinoid syndrome. We present a case of the successful use of neuraxial analgesia/anesthesia for labor and vaginal delivery in a symptomatic parturient aff...