Gallbladder Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: A Rare Endocrine Tumor.

gallbladder gallbladder neuroendrocrine carcinoma neuroendocrine carcinoma neuroendocrine tumor

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
31 Mar 2020
Historique:
entrez: 6 5 2020
pubmed: 6 5 2020
medline: 6 5 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Gallbladder neuroendocrine neoplasms (GB-NEN) are very rare neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). GB-NEN can present as carcinoid or typical/atypical carcinoid or small cell carcinoma. Most of the GB-NENs present as gall bladder polyps or stones with right upper quadrant pain, nausea and non-specific symptoms which leads to clinical misdiagnosis. Considering the rare occurrence of GB-NENs, and lack of multi-center research data there is no unified standard for identification and treatment. We here present an 84-year-old male presenting with right upper quadrant and epigastric pain, and eventually diagnosed with mixed cell (more of small cells mixed with intermediate to large cells) neuroendocrine cancer of gall bladder.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32368420
doi: 10.7759/cureus.7487
pmc: PMC7192559
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e7487

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020, Siddamreddy et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Suman Siddamreddy (S)

Internal Medicine, Baptist Health Medical Center, Little Rock, USA.

Sreenath Meegada (S)

Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center/Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center, Longview, USA.

Anum Syed (A)

Internal Medicine, Baptist Health Medical Center, Little Rock, USA.

Mujtaba Sarwar (M)

Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Health System, Little Rock, USA.

Vijayadershan Muppidi (V)

Internal Medicine, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, USA.

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