Carcinoid syndrome
Symptoms:
Signs and tests:
An examination may indicate heart valve lesions or signs of niacin-deficiency disease (pellagra). Signs of pellagra develop when most of the available tryptophan is used by the tumor to produce serotonin, which then prevents the body from manufacturing niacin.
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