PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | carcinoid tumor |
| Phenotype | C1140680|ovarian ca |
| Sentences | 3 |
| PubMedID- 23326740 | Most cases of ovarian carcinoid tumors are in the early stage and curable by excision alone [3, 4]. |
| PubMedID- 23029627 | A third review of 17 primary ovarian carcinoid tumors published in 1996 included four not previously reported primary ovarian carcinoids with strumal histology treated with cystectomy (one) or hysterectomy and bso (three). |
| PubMedID- 21519494 | Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors are rare, accounting for 0.5% of all carcinoid tumors,1) and carcinoid syndrome and carcinoid heart disease are believed to complicate fewer than 10% of these rare ovarian neoplasms.2) such tumors are usually suspected on detection of a pelvic mass and the presence of carcinoid syndrome, which is characterized by facial flushing and diarrhea, or typical carcinoid heart disease (right-sided valvular involvement).3) most carcinoid tumors have to metastasize to the liver to result in symptoms of carcinoid syndrome; however, primary ovarian carcinoid tumors are unique in this regard because the venous drainage of the ovaries bypasses the portal venous system.4) we report the case of carcinoid heart disease associated with a surgical biopsy-confirmed primary ovarian carcinoid tumor. |
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