A 17-year-old male with a Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumor: flushing differential diagnosis

BACKGROUND: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are heterogeneous neoplasms that originate from cells with a secretory function. Small bowel NETs (SB-NETs) are related to serotonin hypersecretion which causes: flushing, diarrhea, abdominal pain, bronchoconstriction and heart involvement, also known as carc...

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Autores principales: Forero Molina, Maria Alejandra, Garcia, Elizabeth, Gonzalez-Devia, Deyanira, García-Duperly, Rafael, Vera, Alonso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5582400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40413-017-0161-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5582400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40413-017-0161-4

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