PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Aggarwal, Gaurav
AU  - Obideen, Kamil
AU  - Wehbi, Mohammad
TI  - Carcinoid tumors: What should increase our suspicion?
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.75a.08002
DP  - 2008 Dec 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 849--855
VI  - 75
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/12/849.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/12/849.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2008 Dec 01; 75
AB  - Carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine neoplasms, primarily of the gastrointestinal tract. Their incidence has been increasing over the last 2 to 3 decades. Patients often present with vague, nonspecific symptoms. Thus, primary care physicians should keep this diagnosis in mind and start appropriate diagnostic testing if they suspect it on a clinical basis. Patients with carcinoid tumors are also at increased risk of developing other malignancies, so close follow-up by their primary care physician is necessary.