title: [Carcinoid: unusual clinical course].
abstract: Carcinoid is a slowly developing neuroendocrine tumour. It appears with frequency of 1.5/100,000 persons. Usually it is localized in appendix, small intestine, rectum and bronchi. Clinical sings. of carcinoid syndrome develop in only 10% cases of tumour. We present three cases of carcinoid: the first one with evidences of heart insufficiency, the second one with evidences of colon cancer, the third one coexisting with Graves-Basedow disease.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych, Endokrynologii i Zaburzeń Hemostazy Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Babińska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sworczak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dudziak
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery