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  • Titel: A Case of Profound Secretory Diarrhea Revealing 2 Primary Neuroendocrine Tumors
  • Beteiligte: Thompson, Ashley A.; Suhail, Fathima K.; Mirchia, Kanish; Rawlins, Sekou R.
  • Erschienen: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2021
  • Erschienen in: ACG Case Reports Journal
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000625
  • ISSN: 2326-3253
  • Schlagwörter: General Medicine
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p>Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are unusual neoplasms with a diverse spectrum of clinical presentations. There is a lack of literature on cases of 2 primary histologically distinct NETs. We report a case of a 40-year-old man who presented with chronic diarrhea. A colonoscopy was performed which discovered a rectal polyp, with pathology showing a well-differentiated NET. A subsequent somatostatin scan revealed a pancreatic tail mass. Biopsy showed a histologically distinct well-differentiated vasoactive intestinal peptide-producing NET. Given that pancreatic and rectal NETs come from different embryonic origins, the diagnosis of 2 primary NETs presents a unique case.</jats:p>
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