Acromegaly associated with GIST, non-small cell lung carcinoma, clear cell renal carcinoma, multiple myeloma, medulla oblongata tumour, adrenal adenoma, and follicular thyroid nodules.


Journal

Endokrynologia Polska
ISSN: 2299-8306
Titre abrégé: Endokrynol Pol
Pays: Poland
ID NLM: 0370674

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 11 12 2018
accepted: 23 12 2018
pubmed: 12 2 2019
medline: 27 8 2019
entrez: 12 2 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Acromegaly is associated with increased growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) secretion which may support tumour development and growth. A 68-year-old woman was diagnosed with acromegaly due to typical clinical and hormonal characteristics. While contrast-enhanced MRI at diagnosis did not reveal a pituitary adenoma, a 5-mm lesion was identified on repeat scanning 13 months later. Abdominal and chest CT showed tumours of the stomach, right adrenal gland, and right lung. The CT also showed a hypodense lesion in the liver and heterogeneous echostructure of the thyroid gland with left lobe solid-cystic tumour. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy revealed increased tracer accumulation in the right thyroid lobe. No tracer accumulation was noted at the location of the other tumours. The resected stomach, adrenal, chest, and thyroid lesions did not show GH secretion. The patient refused pituitary surgery, and her acromegaly is currently well-controlled with somatostatin analogue therapy. A CT scan 19 months later revealed a contrast-enhancing left kidney tumour that was a G1-grade clear cell carcinoma. Four years after the acromegaly diagnosis multiple myeloma were diagnosed with secondary renal amyloidosis. Genetic screening for a paraganglioma gene panel, AIP, MEN1, and CDKN1B mutations were negative. A next-generation cancer panel containing 94 cancer genes did not identify any possible unifying gene abnormality in her germline DNA. Coexistence of acromegaly and numerous other tumours suggests a common aetiology of these disorders. However, no genetic abnormality could be identified with the tests that have been performed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30742299
pii: VM/OJS/J/62184
doi: 10.5603/EP.a2019.0005
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

213-217

Auteurs

Aleksandra Jawiarczyk-Przybyłowska (A)

Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Isotope Therapy, Medical University Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland. aleksandra.olczur@gmail.com.

Beata Wojtczak (B)

Department of Endocrinological Surgery, Medical University Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland.

James Whitworth (J)

Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Krzysztof Sutkowski (K)

Department of Endocrinological Surgery, Medical University Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland.

Martin Bidlingmaier (M)

Endocrine Laboratory, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

Márta Korbonits (M)

Centre for Endocrinology, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.

Marek Bolanowski (M)

Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Isotope Therapy, Medical University Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland.

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