title: Carcinoid syndrome: an unusual cause of diarrhoea.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Hann
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Patrick
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid