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Hy 2266
q) What the diagnostic lab for finding a carcinoid tumor? How will the patient look like clinically? How will you find one diagnostically?
a) 5-hydroxylindoleacetic acid. Pts will present with skin flushing, diarrhea. Find it by CT by the appendix or small bowel...
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05-29-2006, 11:43 AM
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