title: Carcinoid syndrome without liver metastasis.
abstract: The carcinoid syndrome generally occurs due to metastasis of a carcinoid tumour in the liver. A patient is presented who had carcinoid syndrome due to abdominal disease without hepatic metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: al-Mofleh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Dhahada
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*