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Síndrome carcinoide - Overview

Definición:

Es un grupo de síntomas asociados con tumores carcinoides: tumores del intestino delgado, el colon, el apéndice o los bronquios en los pulmones.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

El síndrome carcinoide es el patrón de síntomas que algunas veces se observa en personas con tumores carcinoides. Estos tumores son raros y a menudo de crecimiento lento. Aproximadamente el 70% de estos tumores se encuentran en el tubo digestivo.

El síndrome carcinoide ocurre en aproximadamente 1 de cada 10 personas con tumores carcinoides, por lo general después de que el tumor se ha diseminado al hígado o al pulmón.

Estos tumores segregan demasiada cantidad de la hormona serotonina, al igual que otros químicos que hacen que los vasos sanguíneos se abran (se dilaten).

  • Reviewed last on: 9/26/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Hande KR. Multiple-organ syndromes: Carcinoid syndrome. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 251.

Kulke MH. Clinical presentation and management of carcinoid tumors. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2007;21:433-455.

National Cancer Institute. Gastrointestinal carcinoid treatment PDQ. Updated May 16, 2008.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. Neuroendocrine tumors. v.2.2010.

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