Carcinoid syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Carcinoid syndrome, or a subtype of Carcinoid syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Carcinoid syndrome: Introduction
Broader types of Carcinoid syndrome:
Gender Ratio for Carcinoid syndrome: slight male predominance
Prognosis of Carcinoid syndrome: Carcinoid heart disease may ultimately result in cardiac insufficiency, usually with right-sided heart failure.
Complications of Carcinoid syndrome:
see complications of Carcinoid syndrome
Causes of Carcinoid syndrome: see causes of Carcinoid syndrome
Symptoms of Carcinoid syndrome: see symptoms of Carcinoid syndrome
Complications of Carcinoid syndrome: see complications of Carcinoid syndrome
Onset of Carcinoid syndrome: Right-sided cardiac valvular disease usually develops only after many years of the syndrome and manifests in approximately half the patients with long-standing carcinoid syndrome.
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Carcinoid syndrome.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Carcinoid syndrome.
Treatments for Carcinoid syndrome:
see treatments for Carcinoid syndrome
Research for Carcinoid syndrome:
see research for Carcinoid syndrome
Main name of condition: Carcinoid syndrome
Class of Condition for Carcinoid syndrome: cancer
Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome, Bjoerck syndrome, Hedlinger syndrome, Thorson-Bjoerck syndrome, Cassidy syndrome, carcinoid major, metastatic carcinoid tumor
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