eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | carcinoid syndrome |
| Symptom | C0016382|flushing |
| Sentences | 5 |
| PubMedID- 22518322 | Lung carcinoids rarely produce serotonin, but may instead secrete histamine causing an atypical carcinoid syndrome with generalized flushing, diarrhea, periorbital oedema, lacrimation and asthma. |
| PubMedID- 24282616 | This generally leads to well defined and debilitating clinical syndromes such as the flushing and diarrhea of the carcinoid syndrome. |
| PubMedID- 24741994 | Evidence of carcinoid syndrome with serotonin-related flushing, generalized edema and diarrhoea, and occasional elevation of urine 5-hydroxyindoleaceticacid are uncommon and are seen in less than 10% of cases . |
| PubMedID- 23100018 | The carcinoid syndrome with cutaneous flushing, bronchospasm, abdominal pain and diarrhoea develops in approximately 10% of patients with neuroendocrine tumours. |
| PubMedID- 25685590 | The most commonly reported presenting complaint in cases of carcinoid tumors is abdominal pain, and evidence of carcinoid syndrome with serotonin-related flushing, edema, and diarrhea is seen in less than 10% of cases 9. |
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