neoplasm metastasis/diarrhea

Watery diarrhea is a prominent symptom in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MCT) and may occur as the initial symptom and/or during the course of metastatic malignant disease. Death is generally the result of widespread dissemination of the tumour. We report a case with MCT and metastatic disease

During examination before surgical correction of pes valgus a 20-year-old man reported having 3-5 pasty, foul smelling diarrhoeic motions per day for the past 3 years. He was noted to have rather thick lips and Marfan-like body build. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 18/34 mm, serum activity of

OBJECTIVE This study assessed the relationship between survival, tumor size, and quality of life (QoL; Rotterdam Symptom Checklist [RSC], Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HAD], and Sickness Impact Profile [SIP]) in 50 patients with colorectal liver metastases (CLM). RESULTS Physical symptom

Two cases of pancreatic polypeptide cell hyperplasia were obtained by operation. The first case exhibited adenocarcinoma of the stomach with metastases to the neck lymph nodes and pancreatic polypeptide hypersecretion. Pancreatic polypeptide cell hyperplasia was confirmed by the immunoperoxidase

OBJECTIVE To assess the rate of R(0) resection of liver metastases achieved after chemotherapy with FOLFIRINOX. METHODS Patients with histologically proven primary colorectal cancer and bidimensionally measurable liver metastasis, not fully resectable based on technical inability to achieve R(0)

OBJECTIVE Safety evaluation of concomitant systemic chemotherapy and liver chemoembolization in patients with colorectal cancer. METHODS Seven patients with metastases confined to the liver were included and stratified into two groups, depending of dosage of systemic chemotherapy. The first group

A case of intestinal adenocarcinoma with metastases to the pancreas and regional lymph node was found in a 9-year-old, captive female cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) with intermittent diarrhea. At necropsy, the tumor mass was located in the ileo-cecal junction causing circumferential

Radium-223 dichloride (²²³Ra) is an α-emitter radionuclide approved for treatment of osteoblastic metastases in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. ²²³Ra increases overall survival, improves bone pain, increases the median time to the first skeletal-related

BACKGROUND Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor. Distant metastases are the main cause of cancer-related death. Systemic chemotherapy produces only rare tumor responses. Somatostatin analogs and other available modalities are poorly effective to control

A carcinoid tumor of the pancreas (CTP) is a rare pancreatic neoplasm, and usually presents with carcinoid syndrome (CS). CS consists of the classic symptom triad of cutaneous flushing, diarrhea and valvular disease, and occurs in the majority of patients with liver metastases. In the present study,