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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
The cystic presentation of endocrine tumours is rare and raises difficult diagnostic problems. So far, the only cases of cystic digestive endocrine tumours reported in the literature are of pancreatic origin. We report the unusual observation of a jejunal endocrine carcinoma presenting as a cystic abdominal mass. A 59-year-old woman was referred for chest and abdominal pain. Imaging studies revealed multiple cystic nodules in the liver and a large sus-mesocolic cystic lesion of probable intestinal origin. Biopsies of the extra-hepatic mass and liver nodules showed endocrine tumour. Surgical resection of the jejunal mass and of liver segment III were performed. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of jejunal endocrine carcinoma metastatic to the liver. Large areas of the primary and secondary tumours presented an unusual vesicular architecture, responsible for the cystic presentation. No adjuvant treatment was attempted. This observation underlines the difficult diagnostic problems raised by the cystic presentation of digestive endocrine tumours.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1590-8658
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
553-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Unusual cystic presentation of an endocrine carcinoma of the jejunum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Digestive Diseases, Pavilion Hbis, Edouard Herriot Hospital, 69437 Lyon, France. jerome.dumortier@chu-lyon.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports