Carcinoid tumors are cancers that grow slowly in some parts of the body. Carcinoid tumors are a group of tumors arising kromafin cells in the gastrointestinal tract and other organs.
Carcinoid tumors rarely cause signs and symptoms early. Carcinoid tumors can produce and release hormones into the body that causes signs and symptoms such as diarrhea or sweating.
• bowel disorders
• Change in bowel movements
• Pain in the chest
• Diarrhea
• Difficulty breathing
• Bleeding through the anus
• Inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia) are repeated
• Redness or a feeling of warmth in the face and neck (sweating)
causes
• Old age.
• Family history.
• Smoking.
• Other medical conditions. Among others, gastritis, pernicious anemia and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.