Published in:
01-04-2019 | Case Report
A Case of Primary Ovarian Insular Carcinoid Tumor Presenting with Carcinoid Syndrome
Authors:
Jayanta Chakraborty, Semanti Chakraborty, Ankit Roy, Saumen Bhat, Dinabandhu Naga, Rita Chakraborty, Prabuddha Mukherjee
Published in:
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
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Special Issue 1/2019
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Excerpt
Carcinoid tumors of the ovary are uncommon, but cases of primary and metastatic ovarian carcinoids have been reported. Primary carcinoid tumors of the ovary are divided into insular, trabecular, strumal and mucinous types [
1]. The insular type is the most common, followed by the strumal type. The carcinoid tumors of ovaries are unique because they pour large amount of serotonin in systemic circulation and cause early manifestations of carcinoid syndrome and tricuspid valve disease before tumor is metastasized. In contrast, gastrointestinal carcinoid barely produces symptoms early as the hormones liberated from the tumors are inactivated in liver [
2]. …
