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Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines




Disease carcinoid tumor
Phenotype C0494165|hepatic metastases
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PubMedID- 23986828 In hepatic metastases of rectal carcinoid tumors, transcatheter arterial embolization (tae) with embosphere® particles can lead to partial response and symptomatic improvement of the disabling endocrine symptoms (4).
PubMedID- 21860726 The carcinoid tumors with hepatic metastases may exhibit a constellation of symptoms (called as carcinoid syndrome) due to the excessive serum release of serotonin (5-ht), and other some vasoactive substances (histamine, tachykinins, and prostaglandins also released by the metastatic hepatic cells).2)3) it includes: flushing and telangectasias, most commonly occurring in the face and caused by the release of tachykinin.

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