Carcinoid encephalopathy: A single entity or a spectrum of different disorders?

Acta Oncol. 2010;49(2):268-70. doi: 10.3109/02841860903413640.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / physiopathology
  • Carcinoid Tumor / secondary*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Interferon-alpha / administration & dosage
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Mental Disorders / drug therapy
  • Mental Disorders / etiology*
  • Octreotide / administration & dosage
  • Peptides, Cyclic / administration & dosage
  • Radiotherapy
  • Risperidone / therapeutic use
  • Serotonin Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Somatostatin / administration & dosage
  • Somatostatin / analogs & derivatives

Substances

  • Interferon-alpha
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • Serotonin Antagonists
  • lanreotide
  • Somatostatin
  • Risperidone
  • Octreotide