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10548409

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Eight different neoplastic disorders can cause chronic diarrhea attributable to humoral-mediated diarrhea. These include pancreatic endocrine tumor (PET) syndromes (gastrinomas, VIPomas, glucagonomas, somatostatinomas, PET's releasing calcitonin), carcinoid syndrome, medullary thyroid cancer, and systemic mastocytosis. Because these disorders are an uncommon cause of all chronic diarrheas (<1%), they are not often considered in the differential diagnosis, leading to a delay in diagnosis. This is problematic not only because all are treatable, but also because the neoplasm is frequently malignant. In this article, the characteristics and pathogenesis of the diarrhea, important clinical and diagnostic laboratory features, and treatment of each disorder are briefly reviewed, with an emphasis on recent insights.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1049-5118
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Overview of chronic diarrhea caused by functional neuroendocrine neoplasms.
pubmed:affiliation
Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports