[A case of neuroendocrine carcinoma which originated in duodenal bulb]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2010 Jan;107(1):84-92.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 95-year-old woman who presented with ischemic heart disease was admitted due to a sensation of chest compression. Endoscopy was performed due to anemia which showed an irregular ulcerative lesion in the duodenal bulb which a biopsy revealed to be high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. Distant metastasis was found and the patient died from the original disease 3 months after the first medical examination. The result of autopsy was neuroendocrine carcinoma of duodenum and invasion and metastases to multiple organs. We report a case of neuroendocrine carcinoma originating from the duodenum excluding the papilla which is extremely rare in Japan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / pathology*
  • Duodenal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Metastasis