单词 | carcinoid syndrome |
释义 | > as lemmascarcinoid syndrome carcinoid syndrome n. a syndrome in which there is episodic flushing accompanied by tachycardia and hypotension, often with diarrhoea, bronchospasm, fibrosis of the valves of the right side of the heart, and various other signs and symptoms, resulting from the release of serotonin from a carcinoid (typically after metastasis to the liver). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > other tumours > condition melanoma1838 haemangiomatosis1912 carcinoid syndrome1955 1955 Circulation July 1/2 Before the recent reports of the carcinoid-cardiac syndrome we had studied a patient who fell into this category.] 1955 Lancet 31 Dec. 1359/2 Attention was drawn to the carcinoid syndrome. 1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xviii. 61/2 Rarely, a carcinoid adenoma produces the clinical picture known as the carcinoid syndrome, most commonly associated with carcinoid tumours in the abdomen. 2004 Daily Tel. 7 Sept. 18/8 A couple of readers raise the possibility of the ‘carcinoid syndrome’, which produces a chemical causing dilation of the blood vessels under the skin. Hence the flushing and a fall in blood pressure. It is eminently treatable—but best diagnosed early. < as lemmas |
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