Anaesthesia for an unusual carcinoid metastasis.
The intra-operative course of a patient found to have a metastatic serotonin-secreting carcinoid tumour in the orbit is reported. No prophylactic or intra-operative therapy was necessary during the administration of enflurane anesthesia. This case demonstrates again the wide spectrum of clinical responses observed among patients with this disease.
D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000379:methods*; D004737:Enflurane; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery
D004737:Enflurane