title: [Carcinoid tumor--diagnostic and therapeutic problems].
abstract: This paper presents a patient with diarrhoeic syndrome, who was finally diagnosed to have carcinoid tumor of the heart. Symptomatic remission has been achieved with Somatostatin therapy. It seems to be treatment of choice in non-operable carcinoid tumours.
authors.affiliation: IV Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych CSK WAM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Batowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bielewicz
mesh_terms: D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D015282:Octreotide
vernacular_title: Rakowiak--problemy rozpoznawania i leczenia.