Carcinoid syndrome: an unusual cause of diarrhoea.
A 9 year old girl underwent laparotomy because of intermittent diarrhoea, present since infancy. Histology of a mass at the head of pancreas and multiple hepatic nodules suggested an apudoma. Plasma serotonin and urinary excretion of 5 hydroxy indole acetic acid were raised. The child is asymptomatic four years after diagnosis.
King
M D
MD
Young
D G
DG
Hann
I M
IM
Patrick
W J
WJ
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000652:urine; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000652:urine
D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid