PMID- 18021452
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110714
LR  - 20240316
IS  - 1752-1947 (Print)
IS  - 1752-1947 (Electronic)
IS  - 1752-1947 (Linking)
VI  - 1
DP  - 2007 Nov 19
TI  - Intestinal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient with pituitary adenoma. A case 
      report and review of the current screening recommendations.
PG  - 140
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) patients are prone to 
      develop carcinoid tumors. Few cases report the development of gastrointestinal 
      carcinoid tumors in patients with MEN-1 syndrome related tumors. This is the 
      first paper to report the occurrence of an intestinal carcinoid tumour in 
      association with a pituitary adenoma. CASE PRESENTATION: A sixty eight year old 
      female presented with intestinal obstruction four years after transphenoidal 
      pituitary resection for pituitary adenoma. During surgical exploration and lysis 
      of adhesions, we accidentally discovered an intestinal carcinoid tumour. 
      Resection of the involved small bowel segment and the draining lymph nodes was 
      undertaken. Postoperative follow up showed no biochemical or radiological 
      evidence of residual tumor.Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) may occur as part of 
      familial endocrine cancer syndromes including MEN-1. It is recommended that 
      clinicians search thoroughly for MEN-1 in patients presented with NETs, however, 
      there is no current consensus for screening patients suspected to have MEN-1 to 
      rule out NET. CONCLUSION: We recommend screening patients suspected to have any 
      familial type of endocrine tumors for the presence of NET.
FAU - Boutros, Cherif
AU  - Boutros C
AD  - Department of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center 300 Second Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 
      07740, USA. cherifboutros@hotmail.com.
FAU - Cheng-Robles, Diana
AU  - Cheng-Robles D
FAU - Goldenkranz, Robert
AU  - Goldenkranz R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20071119
PL  - England
TA  - J Med Case Rep
JT  - Journal of medical case reports
JID - 101293382
PMC - PMC2204028
EDAT- 2007/11/21 09:00
MHDA- 2007/11/21 09:01
PMCR- 2007/11/19
CRDT- 2007/11/21 09:00
PHST- 2007/06/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/11/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/11/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/11/21 09:01 [medline]
PHST- 2007/11/21 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2007/11/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1752-1947-1-140 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1752-1947-1-140 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Med Case Rep. 2007 Nov 19;1:140. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-140.