Comments on: Carcinoid Tumor http://strangestories.info/tumor/carcinoid-tumor/ Latest Strange News Stories from All Over the Globe Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rich Brown http://strangestories.info/tumor/carcinoid-tumor/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Rich Brown Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:38:09 +0000 http://strangestories.info/?p=688#comment-519 One extremely similar condition that you did not mention is the Pancreatic Endocrine Tumor (or Islet Cell Tumor) which is even sneakier than carcinoid tumors. Along with carcinoid syndrome, other symptoms include low blood sugar, high blood sugar, hyperthyroidism and many others. Because this type of tumor is non-cancerous, it does not present the chromagranin-a marker that is revealed by a 5-HIAA test. In my case, they guess that the tumor had been there for 15 years when it was discovered incedentally in a contrasted MRI because it had as much blood flow as an internal organ. In general, these tumors are radio transparent and can only be detected by Octreotide Scintography. The most current treatment for developing Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors is to use the Octreoscan mapping to place a probe in the center of the mass, heat the tip of the probe and cook it the tumor One extremely similar condition that you did not mention is the Pancreatic Endocrine Tumor (or Islet Cell Tumor) which is even sneakier than carcinoid tumors. Along with carcinoid syndrome, other symptoms include low blood sugar, high blood sugar, hyperthyroidism and many others. Because this type of tumor is non-cancerous, it does not present the chromagranin-a marker that is revealed by a 5-HIAA test.

In my case, they guess that the tumor had been there for 15 years when it was discovered incedentally in a contrasted MRI because it had as much blood flow as an internal organ. In general, these tumors are radio transparent and can only be detected by Octreotide Scintography.

The most current treatment for developing Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors is to use the Octreoscan mapping to place a probe in the center of the mass, heat the tip of the probe and cook it the tumor

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