scholarly journals Octreotide-Sensitive Ectopic ACTH Production by Islet Cell Carcinoma with Multiple Liver Metastases

2003 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASARU DOI ◽  
TAIHEI IMAI ◽  
MASAYOSHI SHICHIRI ◽  
TOHRU TATENO ◽  
NOZOMI FUKAI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Metastases ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Islet Cell ◽  
Ectopic Acth ◽  
Islet Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Ectopic Acth Production ◽  
Multiple Liver Metastases

Ectopic ACTH syndrome due to islet cell carcinoma in a 12 year old chlid

1988 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satish K. Garg ◽  
R. Vashist ◽  
I. C. Pathak ◽  
R. J. Dash
Keyword(s):  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Islet Cell ◽  
Ectopic Acth Syndrome ◽  
Ectopic Acth ◽  
Islet Cell Carcinoma

scholarly journals A case of ectopic ACTH secretion

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1S) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Monica Cevenini ◽  
Elena Guidetti ◽  
Maria Camilla Fabbri ◽  
Eleonora Galassi ◽  
Paola Tomassetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Metastases ◽  
Neuroendocrine Tumour ◽  
Somatostatin Receptors ◽  
Neuron Specific Enolase ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Rapid Progression ◽  
Ectopic Acth ◽  
Ectopic Acth Secretion ◽  
Ectopic Acth Production ◽  
Multiple Liver Metastases

We report the case of a 48-year-old woman, with a rapidly progressing ACTH neuroendocrine tumour of the pancreas (PNET) and multiple liver metastases. The patient had previously suffered from a peptic ulcer which was responsive to PPI inhibitors and hypertension which was poorly controlled by therapy. Admitted to the hospital for severe asthenia and abdominal pain, she was diagnosed with poorly differentiated PNET with liver metastases, which were positive for synaptophysin, cytokeratin 7 and 9 and neuron specific enolase (NSE). Octreoscan scintigraphy was positive for somatostatin receptors in the pancreas and in two liver lesions. A rapidly progressive Cushing’s syndrome developed, presenting with the classical physical symptoms, hypokalemia and Lysteria monocytogenes meningitis. Ectopic ACTH production was confirmed and eventually the patient died from a septic shock within two months. The case reported focuses on the malignity and the rapid progression of an ACTH-producing PNET and calls attention to the possible fatal progression of these cases.

scholarly journals A CASE OF NONFUNCTIONING ISLET CELL CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS FOUND 3 YEARS AFTER A HEPATECTOMY FOR LIVER METASTASES

1997 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 2152-2156
Author(s):  
Shohachi SUZUKI ◽  
Satoshi NAKAMURA ◽  
Satoshi BABA ◽  
Hideki ISHIDA ◽  
Takanori SAKAGUCHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Metastases ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Islet Cell ◽  
Carcinoma Of The Pancreas ◽  
Islet Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Nonfunctioning Islet Cell Carcinoma

Selective Hepatic Arterial Chemoembolization for Liver Metastases in Patients with Carcinoid Tumor or Islet Cell Carcinoma

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 474-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeul Hong Kim ◽  
Jaffer A. Ajani ◽  
C. Humberto Carrasco ◽  
Pamela Dumas ◽  
William Richli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Metastases ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Carcinoid Tumor ◽  
Islet Cell ◽  
Islet Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Arterial Chemoembolization
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