carcinoid /car·ci·noid/ (kahr´sĭ-noid) a yellow circumscribed tumor arising from enterochromaffin cells, usually in the gastrointestinal tract; the term is sometimes used to refer specifically to the gastrointestinal tumor (argentaffinoma) .
carcinoid
Patient discussion about Carcinoid heart disease.
car·ci·noid (kär s -noid )n. A small, slow-growing, benign or malignant tumor, usually in the gastrointestinal tract, that is composed of islands of rounded cells with small vesicular nuclei and secretes serotonin. Also called argentaffinoma. |
carcinoid
[kär′sinoid]
Etymology: Gk, karkinos + eidos, form
a small yellow tumor derived from argentaffin cells in the GI mucosa that secrete serotonin and other catecholamines. Carcinoid tumors spread slowly locally but may metastasize widely. Also called argentaffinoma, Kulchitsky-cell carcinoma. See also argentaffin cell, carcinoid syndrome.
carcinoid
a tumor of the gastrointestinal tract formed from the endocrine (argentaffin) cells of the mucosal lining of a variety of organs including the stomach and intestine. In dogs they occur in the duodenum, colon and rectum, producing the carcinoid syndrome. Called also argentaffinoma, argentaffin tumor.
goblet-cell carcinoid
a rare tumor recorded in a dog; more common in human appendix; has characterisitics of carcinoid and adenocarcinoma. Called also adenocarcinoid.
hepatic carcinoid
a rare tumor originating from neuroectodermal tissue in the liver.
Patient discussion about Carcinoid heart disease.
Q. what is carcinoid tumors? I had my appendix removed and the doctor came in the room very shocked and said it was full of carcinoid tumors. Im scared to get them somewhere else.
A. i think the shock was not to find carcinoid tumors in the appendix...it's your age...you usually find this tumors at people over 60...
i think the next stage is colonoscopy, to look for more, not that you have more, just to make sure. but didn't the Doctor told you that? i would look for a consultation with a gastro specialist about it..
Read more or ask a question about Carcinoid heart diseasei think the next stage is colonoscopy, to look for more, not that you have more, just to make sure. but didn't the Doctor told you that? i would look for a consultation with a gastro specialist about it..
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