People who are dealing with neuroendocrine tumors of any kind, be it PNET or carcinoid are prone to special complications that can arise during surgical procedures, even as simple as a root canal or a colonoscopy. These complications can cause the patient to go into carcinoid crisis, a very real and life threatening situation. Below are a list of recommendations that some of the NET experts tell anesthesiologists before working
For neuroendocrine tumor patients that are not Carcinoid (which means, their tumors secrete serotonin), there are a variations of symptoms based on the types of hormones your tumor can overproduce. Generally speaking, these are tumors that are caused from Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors, also called Islet Cell Tumors but also lung, pituitary and adrenal glands. These are a few of the hormones that they overproduce and the symptoms. Insulinomas These can