Peyronie's Disease — A Presenting Complaint of the Carcinoid Syndrome

ALTHOUGH the earliest clinical manifestations of the carcinoid syndrome are usually facial flushing and diarrhea, other symptoms may herald this syndrome. In the cases reported below the carcinoid syndrome was associated with another unusual condition, Peyronie's disease, or plastic induration of the penis. Since 1970 we have evaluated and cared for 12 patients with carcinoid tumors and hepatic metastasis. Although none of the five men with inactive carcinoid tumors had Peyronie's disease, two of the six men with the carcinoid syndrome also had Peyronie's disease. Case Reports Case 1. In November, 1971, a 46-year-old black man was evaluated because of . . .