Wilms tumor , transitional cell carcinoma , and an occasional case report of carcinoid tumor . ref de Hoog JP, Murray S and Chou W 2010 . Horseshoe kidney and primary renal carcinoid tumour a case ... more details
SignSymptom infobox Name Abdominal angina bowelgina ICD10 ICD10 K 55 k 55 ICD9 ICD9 557.1 Abdominal angina is postprandial abdominal pain that occurs in individuals with insufficient blood flow to meet mesenteric visceral demands. ref name pmid16424623 cite journal author Kapadia S, Parakh R, Grover T, Agarwal S title Side to side aorto mesenteric anastomosis for management of abdominal angina journal Indian journal of gastroenterology official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology volume 24 issue 6 pages 256 7 year 2005 pmid 16424623 doi ref The term angina is used in reference to angina pectoris , a similar symptom due to obstruction of the coronary artery . The American Heritage Stedman s Medical Dictionary defines abdominal angina as Intermittent abdominal pain, frequently occurring at a fixed time after eating, caused by inadequacy of the mesenteric circulation. Also called intestinal angina. Pathophysiology The pathophysiology is similar to that seen in angina pectoris and intermittent claudication . The most common cause of abdominal angina is atherosclerotic vascular disease, where the occlusive process commonly involves the ostia and the proximal few centimeters of the mesenteric vessels. It can be associated with carcinoid ref name pmid16086212 cite journal author deVries H, Wijffels RT, Willemse PH, et al. title Abdominal angina in patients with a midgut carcinoid, a sign of severe pathology journal World journal of surgery volume 29 issue 9 pages 1139 42 year 2005 pmid 16086212 doi 10.1007 s00268 005 7825 x ref aortic coarctation ref name pmid14627320 cite journal author Ingu A, Morikawa M, Fuse S, Abe T title Acute occlusion of a simple aortic coarctation presenting as abdominal angina journal Pediatric cardiology volume 24 issue 5 pages 488 9 year 2003 pmid 14627320 doi 10.1007 s00246 002 0381 3 ref antiphospholipid syndrome ref name pmid12111088 cite journal author Choi BG, Jeon HS, Lee SO, Yoo WH, Lee ST, Ahn DS title Primary antiphosphol ... more details
of the symptoms associated with carcinoid syndrome and http lexpharma.com pipeline drug pipeline ... LX1032 for Carcinoid Syndrome http www.lexpharma.com pipeline drug pipeline lx1032.html LX1032 is an orally ... with carcinoid syndrome . Lexicon initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of LX1032 and its effects on symptoms associated with carcinoid syndrome. The Phase 2 trial is expected to enroll up to 28 patients with symptomatic carcinoid syndrome refractory to octreotide ... fast track status for carcinoid syndrome LX1032 Granted Fast track Status for Carcinoid Syndrome ref ref http www.medicalnewstoday.com articles 158321.php Lexicon s Drug Candidate LX1032 For Carcinoid ... more details
209 209 ICD9 209 Neuroendocrine tumors ICD9 209.0 Malignant carcinoid tumors of the small intestine ICD9 209.1 Malignant carcinoid tumors of the Vermiform appendix appendix , large intestine , and rectum ICD9 209.2 Malignant carcinoid tumors of other and unspecified sites ICD9 209.3 Malignant poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma ICD9 209.4 Benign carcinoid tumors of the small intestine ICD9 209.5 Benign carcinoid tumors of the Vermiform appendix appendix , large intestine , and rectum ICD9 209.6 Benign carcinoid tumors of other and unspecified sites Benign neoplasms 210 229 ICD9 ... more details
. An example is carcinoid syndrome , a disease in which carcinoid tumors produce excessive serotonin ..., in patients with carcinoid syndrome, this value may increase to 70 . The diversion of tryptophan to making serotonin in patients with metastatic tumors can result in tryptophan deficiency. Carcinoid ... Studies of tryptophan and albumin metabolism in a patient with carcinoid syndrome, pellagra, and hypoproteinemia ... more details
s Granulomatosis Idiopathic Progressive Subglottic Stenosis Amyloidosis Benign tumors e.g. Carcinoid adenoma Carcinoid Tracheal trauma rupture u At the level of carina or main bronchi u Wegener s granulomatosis ... more details
wiktionary SRS TOCright SRS or SrS may stand for Organizations and companies SRS Labs , an American audio technology engineering company Savez Radio Amatera Srbije , an amateur radio organization in Serbia Sea Research Society , a non profit research institution for diving and underwater archaeology Serbian Radical Party Srpska radikalna stranka in Serbian , a nationalist political party in Serbia Signalling Record Society , a society for railway signalling and operation in the British Isles and overseas Special Repair Service , a British construction organisation in World War II Stanford Research Systems , a test and measurement manufacturer Scoliosis Research Society , a nonprofit international professional organization dedicated to fostering the optimal care of all spinal deformity patients Sega Racing Studio , a computer and video game developer England based subsidiary of Sega , 2005 2008 Science Sex reassignment surgery , a transgender surgical procedure Shock response spectrum , a graphical representation of vibrations Simple random sample , a sampling method in statistics Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy , a type of scintigraphy used to find carcinoid and other types of tumors Spontaneous Raman spectroscopy , a spectroscopic technique Stereotactic radiosurgery , a medical procedure Stimulated Raman scattering , the inelastic scattering of photons Strontium sulfide SrS , an inorganic compound Synchrotron Radiation Source , an X ray facility at Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, England Software Sender Rewriting Scheme , an email mechanism Sequence Retrieval System , bioinformatic software by LION Bioscience AG Software Requirements Specification , a document of a software system to be developed Street Racing Syndicate , a video game Technology Cirrus SRS , an aircraft made by Cirrus Design Shared Registry System, a domain name registry shared by several domain name registrar s Sound Retrieval System , an audio processing technology Spatial reference system , ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Tricuspid valve stenosis Image Caption DiseasesDB 13353 ICD10 ICD10 I 07 0 i 05 , ICD10 I 36 0 i 30 , ICD10 Q 22 4 q 20 ICD9 ICD9 397.0 , ICD9 746.9 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj med eMedicineTopic 2315 MeshID D014264 Tricuspid valve stenosis is a valvular heart disease which results in the narrowing of the orifice of the tricuspid valve of the heart . It is a relatively rare condition that causes stenosis increased resistance to blood flow through the valve. Causes It is almost always caused by rheumatic fever ref name urlTricuspid Stenosis Overview eMedicine Cardiology cite web url http emedicine.medscape.com article 158604 overview title Tricuspid Stenosis Overview eMedicine Cardiology format work accessdate 2009 03 06 ref and is generally accompanied by mitral stenosis . Rare other causes include carcinoid syndrome , endocarditis , endomyocardial fibrosis , lupus erythematosus , right atrial myxoma and congenital tricuspid atresia . Diagnosis A mid diastolic heart murmur murmur can be heard during auscultation caused by the blood flow through the stenotic valve. It is best heard over the left Human sternum sternal border with rumbling character and tricuspid opening snap with wide splitting S2. May increase in intensity with inspiration Carvallo s sign . The diagnosis and the severity can be assessed by echocardiography . Treatment Tricuspid valve stenosis itself usually doesn t require treatment. However, if there is damage to other valves in the heart as well, then surgical repair or replacement must be considered. The treatment is usually by surgery tricuspid valve replacement or percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty . The resultant tricuspid regurgitation from percutaneous treatment is better tolerated than insufficiency occurring during mitral valvuloplasty See also Echocardiography Tricuspid valve References Reflist External links http www.wikiecho.com wiki index.php?title Tricuspid stenosis Echocardiographic features of tricuspid s ... more details
File Otto Lubarsch.jpg right thumb Otto Lubarsch 1860 1993 Otto Lubarsch January 4, 1860 1933 was a German pathologist who was a native of Berlin . He originally studied philosophy and natural sciences in Leipzig and Heidelberg , and later earned his medical degree in Strasbourg in 1883. Subsequently he was an assistant to Hugo Kronecker 1839 1914 at the Institute of Physiology in Bern , and afterwards an assistant at the pathological institutes of Giessen , Breslau and Zurich . In 1891 he became first assistant to Albert Thierfelder 1842 1908 at the pathological institute at the University of Rostock , where in 1894 he was appointed an associate professor of pathological anatomy and general pathology. In 1905 he became director of the institute of pathology and bacteriology at Zwickau , later serving as a professor in D sseldorf from 1907 , University of Kiel Kiel from 1913 , and Berlin 1917 1929 . In 1888 Lubarsch provided the first detailed description of carcinoid tumors during autopsy autopsies of two male patients , ref http theoncologist.alphamedpress.org cgi reprint theoncologist.2008 0207v1.pdf The Oncologist, Carninoid Tumors ref however it wouldn t be until 1907 that the term karzinoid was applied by Siegfried Oberndorfer 1876 1944 . Lubarsch also discovered tiny crystals in the epithelial cell s of the testis that resemble sperm crystals. These structures are now known as Lubarsch crystals . With Friedrich Henke 1868 1943 , he was editor of the Henke Lubarsch Handbuch der Speziellen Pathologischen Anatomie und Histologie , which was a massive reference book containing information germane to pathology. It was founded in 1924, and produced over a forty year span. After World War II, it was continued and edited by Robert R ssle 1876 1956 . With veterinarian Robert von Ostertag 1864 1940 , he collaborated on the journal Ergebnisse der allgemeinen Pathologie und pathologischen Anatomie der Menschen und der Tiere . Associated eponym Lubarsch Pick syndrome A co ... more details
Drugbox Verifiedfields changed verifiedrevid 458271221 IUPAC name image width Clinical data tradename MedlinePlus a690006 pregnancy US C pregnancy category legal UK POM legal US Rx only legal status routes of administration Subcutaneous, intramuscular Pharmacokinetic data bioavailability protein bound metabolism elimination half life Identifiers CAS number Ref cascite correct ?? CAS number ATC prefix L03 ATC suffix AB05 ATC supplemental PubChem DrugBank Ref drugbankcite correct drugbank DrugBank DB05272 ChEMBL Ref ebicite changed EBI ChEMBL 1201558 ChemSpiderID Ref chemspidercite correct chemspider ChemSpiderID NA Chemical data chemical formula molecular weight Interferon alfa 2b is an antiviral drug originally discovered in the laboratory of Charles Weissmann at the University of Zurich, developed at Biogen, and ultimately marketed by Schering Plough under the tradename Intron A . It has been used for a wide range of indications, including viral infections and cancers. This drug is approved around the world for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C , chronic hepatitis B , hairy cell leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, multiple myeloma, follicular lymphoma, carcinoid tumor, and malignant melanoma. class Wikitable style margin 1em auto 1em auto border 1 colspan 4 Interferon alfa 2b products ref cite journal url http www.pharma2020.ru spaw2 uploads files 321.pdf?pharma2020 091cae460ddce3b1fbe0d97fdf63e4ae title Russia through the prism of the world biopharmaceutical market author Dmitrij I. Bairamashvili1 and Mikhail L. Rabinovich2 year 2007 journal Biotechnol. J volume 2 ref Product Manufacturer Features Special uses Alpharona Pharmaclon Intron A IntronA Schering Plough Realderon Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Teva Reaferon EC GNC Vector Reaferon EC Lipint Vector Medica liposomal Infagel Vector Medica ointment Recolin Vector Medica Altevir Bioprocess subsidiary liquid, free of Human serum albumin HSA Viferon Feron suppository or ointment with vitamins C, E viral, ... more details
Drugbox IUPAC name 1 methyl 5 3 3 piperidin 1 ylmethyl phenoxy propyl amino 1 H 1,2,4 triazol 3 yl methanol image Loxtidine structure.png Clinical data tradename pregnancy category legal status Uncontrolled routes of administration Oral Pharmacokinetic data bioavailability metabolism elimination half life excretion Identifiers CAS number 76956 02 0 ATC prefix none ATC suffix PubChem 55473 ChemSpiderID 50093 UNII X16K5179V5 Chemical data C 19 H 29 N 5 O 2 molecular weight 359.47 g mol smiles OCc1nn c n1 NCCCOc2cc ccc2 CN3CCCCC3 C Loxtidine International Nonproprietary Name INN , also known as lavoltidine United States Adopted Name USAN , British Approved Name BAN or AH 23,844 , is a highly potency pharmacology potent and binding selectivity selective H2 receptor H sub 2 sub receptor receptor antagonist antagonist which was under development as a treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease but was discontinued due to the discovery that it produced gastric carcinoid tumor s in rodents. ref name isbn0 8493 5444 7 cite book author Washington, Neena title Antacids and anti reflux agents publisher CRC Press location Boca Raton year 1991 pages isbn 0 8493 5444 7 oclc doi url http books.google.com books?id MKxtXgtt5SIC&lpg PA250&dq loxtidine&pg PA250 v onepage&q&f false ref ref name isbn0 412 54090 8 cite book author title Dictionary of organic compounds publisher Chapman & Hall location London year 1996 pages isbn 0 412 54090 8 oclc doi url http books.google.com books?id x2Su3GKCvtsC&lpg PA4087&dq lavoltidine&pg PA4087 v onepage&q&f false ref Synthesis File Lavoltidine.png 450px ref Clitherow, J. W. Bradshaw, J. Price, B. J. Martin Smith, M. Mackinon, J. W. M. Judd, D. B. Hayes, R. Carey, L. 1983, Cite patent EP 0016565 . ref See also H2 antagonist H sub 2 sub receptor antagonist References Reflist H2 receptor antagonist Histaminergics Category Alcohols Category Amines Category H2 receptor antagonists Category Piperidines Category Triazoles Category Phenol ethers ... more details
Stephen James Blackwood is a scholar , academic administrator , and social entrepreneur born in 1975. He is the founding president of Ralston College , a Startup company start up institution of higher education in Savannah, Georgia Savannah . http www.ralston.ac He also sits on the Board of directors board of the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation . http www.caringforcarcinoid.org about cfcf people stephen blackwood 0 The literary theorist Stanley Fish discussed Blackwood and Ralston College at some length in the The New York Times New York Times in November 2010. http opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 2010 11 08 the woe is us books He was educated at the University of King s College , http www.ukings.ca Dalhousie University , http www.dal.ca and Emory University , http www.emory.edu from which he received a PhD in Religion in April 2010. In 2009 2010 he was a fellow in the English Department of Harvard University . http english.fas.harvard.edu http www.harvard.edu His primary area of academic expertise is the literary history of philosophy , and he is a specialist in Boethius his Philosophia s Dress appeared in Volume XX of Dionysius journal Dionysius http classics.dal.ca Journals Dionysius Table of Contents, V4.php . In his mid twenties he was the founding executive director of St George s YouthNet , http www.stgeorgesyouthnet.ca an educational mentoring program for inner city youth in Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax , Nova Scotia , after which he was for two years a teaching fellow in the Foundation Year Programme University of King s College Foundation Year Programme , http www.ukings.ca foundation year programme a great books core text Foundation Year Programme program for first year undergraduates at the University of King s College . He is a citizen of both the United States and Dominion of Canada Canada . References http opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 2010 11 08 the woe is us books http www.ralston.ac External links http opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 2010 11 0 ... more details
Colonic carcinoid 1 Endoscopic resection.jpg thumb Histopathology Histopathologic image of colonic carcinoid stained by hematoxylin and eosin. The vast majority of colorectal cancer is an adenocarcinoma ... more details
tumors , most notably carcinoid syndrome . It is a long acting analog chemistry analogue of somatostatin ... tumors , particularly carcinoid tumor s and VIPoma s. In the United States and Canada, lanreotide ... more details
Infobox disease Name PAGENAME Image Big Liver Tumor.JPG Caption Left lobe liver tumor in a 50 year old male, operated in King Saud Medical Complex , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia DiseasesDB ICD10 C22.9 ICD9 ICD9 155.2 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D008113 Liver cancer or hepatic cancer from the Greek language Greek h par , meaning liver is a cancer that originates in the liver . Liver cancers are malignant tumors that grow on the surface or inside the liver. Liver tumors are discovered on medical imaging equipment often by accident or present themselves symptomatically as an abdominal mass, abdominal pain , jaundice , nausea or liver dysfunction. ref http www.liverfoundation.org education info progression ref Liver cancers should not be confused with liver metastases , which are cancers that originate from organs elsewhere in the body and migrate to the liver. Classification There are many forms of liver cancer, although many cancers found in the liver are metastases from other tumor s, frequently of the GI tract like colon cancer , Carcinoid syndrome carcinoid tumors mainly of the Vermiform appendix appendix , etc . , but also from breast cancer , ovarian cancer , lung cancer , renal cancer , prostate cancer , etc . The most frequent liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma HCC also named hepatoma , which is a misnomer because adenoma s are usually benign . This tumor also has a variant type that consists of both HCC and cholangiocarcinoma components. The cells of the bile duct coexist next to the bile ducts that drain the bile produced by the hepatocytes of the liver. Cancers which arise from the blood vessel cells in the liver are known has hemangioendothelioma s. As well as mixed tumors, rarer forms of liver cancer include Mesenchymal stem cell mesenchymal tissue Sarcoma Hepatoblastoma , a rare malignant tumor, primarily developing in children. Most of these tumors form in the right lobe. Cholangiocarcinoma bile duct cancers , which account f ... more details
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