apudoma/diarrhea

Previous reports of endocrine activity of glomus jugulare tumors have been of pheochromocytomas but not carcinoid apudomas. This paper is to alert the otolaryngologist to the presence of carcinoid apudomas in glomus jugulare tumors. A patient with a long history of explosive diarrhea, facial

A case of non-beta islet cell tumor of the pancreas with elevated vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) levels and WDHA syndrome (watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria) was studied. Angiography and radio isotope scanning showed profuse abnormal vascularity. Ultrasonography showed a solid

The authors report the observation of a 70 years male with Cutis Verticis Gyrata (without hypertrophying osteopathy), Menetrier's hypertrophic gastritis, motrice diarrhea of the endocrine type, flush syndrom, liver angiomatosis and a large sacral water clear cells tumor with horse's tail syndrom.

Somatostatin is a naturally occurring peptide with a wide spectrum of biologic actions, most of which are inhibitory in nature. It has wide distribution, and within the gastrointestinal tract is is found in the pancreas, the stomach, intestinal mucosa, and myenteric neurons. It appears to function

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a known apudoma producing calcitonin, prostaglandins and serotonin. It can present itself as a familial or sporadic form or as part of a multiple endocrine adenomatosis. We present here the case of a patient admitted with a four-year history of diarrhea,

Nine patients with pancreatic apudomas (seven gastrinomas, one glucagonoma, one tumor secreting a substance P-like component) and nine with metastasized carcinoid tumors were treated with a somatostatin analogue (SMS 201-995), administered subcutaneously twice daily for 3 days. Treatment was pursued

The authors report an analytic study of hydroelectrolytic disorders in patients with APUD tumors. In most of the cases a diarrhea occurs. The type of this diarrhea is: -- a motrice diarrhea (in the great majority of carcinoid tumor and medullary carcinoma of the thyroid); -- a secretory diarrhea