[Unsuspected bronchial carcinoid tumor detected in a somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 1 and hypergastrinemia]

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2013 Mar;32(2):107-10. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2012.07.003. Epub 2012 Oct 24.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 syndrome (MEN1) is characterized by the presence of tumors in parathyroid glands, anterior pituitary gland, endocrine pancreas and duodenum. However, other tumors may also occur. One of them is the carcinoid tumor, which in this context, is more common in the gastrointestinal tract. Less common is the presence of carcinoid tumors of bronchial origin, which with histologic confirmation, may occur in 5-8% of cases and that appears more frequently in patients with hypergastrinemia. We report a patient with MEN1 syndrome, hypergastrinemia and an incidental finding in a somatostatin receptor scintigraphy of an unsuspected bronchial carcinoid tumor that was confirmed histologically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / complications*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / complications*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gastrins / blood*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Male
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 / complications*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / complications*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Receptors, Somatostatin* / analysis

Substances

  • Gastrins
  • Receptors, Somatostatin