Although her nose began bleeding soon afterwards, Dr. Brenner seemed pleased nonetheless. The next experiment involved using her powers to manipulate a living creature. Dr. Brenner presented Eleven with a cat, but she could not bring herself to do anything to it. As punishment for her refusal, the pleading girl was dragged into the cell by two guards.
Carcinoid tumors are by far the most common type of neuroendocrine tumor found in the gastrointestinal system. Other, more rare types of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors include small cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, which arise in the islet cells of the pancreas.
Symptoms of neuroendocrine tumors. Different types of NETs cause different symptoms, depending on the location of the tumor, and whether or not the NET is functional or nonfunctional. Functioning NETs are defined based upon the presence of clinical symptoms due to excess hormone secretion by the tumor. Nonfunctional NETs do not secrete hormones.