The COX-1 staining was very similar in normal gastric, and small and large intestinal tissues. Cyclo-oxygenase-1 staining was occasionally observed in mucosal epithelial cells, stromal fibroblasts ...

Four months later an exploratory laparotomy revealed an ulcerated gastric carcinoid ... whose tumor produced 5-hydroxytryptophan. Treatment with PCP appeared to relieve gastrointestinal symptoms ...

Carcinoid tumors most often form in the gastrointestinal (digestive) tract, but can occur anywhere in the body that hormone-producing cells exist. Areas carcinoid tumors are usually found include ...

Carcinoid tumors are mainly located ... arrows). Figure 12. Gastric cancer (TU) involving muscle layer of stomach (stage T2), but not penetrating through serosa. PV=portal vein.

This was in view of the severe local pain caused by the hepatomegaly, and cachexia attributed to gastric ... bowel carcinoid tumor. Carcinoid tumors commonly originate in the gastrointestinal ...

This communication presents our experience and rationale for antitumor therapy of disseminated carcinoid tumor and also our ... of serious cardiovalvular and gastrointestinal complications ...