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CARCINOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("carcinoid" is a kind of...):
neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
Context examples:
Some examples of neuroendocrine tumors are carcinoid tumors, islet cell tumors, medullary thyroid carcinomas, pheochromocytomas, and neuroendocrine carcinomas of the skin (Merkel cell cancer).
(Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, NCI Dictionary)
A type of radionuclide scan used to find carcinoid and other types of tumors.
(Octreotide scan, NCI Dictionary)
Clinical manifestations of carcinoid syndrome occur in approximately thirty percent of patients.
(Ovarian Insular Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare carcinoid tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of glands that are lined by cells that contain intracytoplasmic mucin or resemble goblet cells.
(Ovarian Mucinous Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes carcinoid tumor, small cell carcinoma pulmonary type, and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.
(Ovarian Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A carcinoid tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of columnar cells with abundant cytoplasm forming ribbons.
(Ovarian Trabecular Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Primary ovarian mucinous carcinoid tumor has a more aggressive clinical course and it can metastasize to other anatomic sites.
(Ovarian Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery is the main treatment for carcinoid tumors.
(Carcinoid Tumors, NIH)
A well differentiated, low grade neuroendocrine tumor (carcinoid tumor) that arises from the cecum.
(Cecum Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)
Despite the morphologic evidence of invasion, appendiceal carcinoid tumors only infrequently produce lymph node or distant metastases.
(Appendix Enterochromaffin Cell Serotonin-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
