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An unusual case of chronic diarrhea: a case report
Carola Maria GagliardoDavide NotoAntonina GiammancoAnnalisa SavojaMarcella PanzicaGiuseppe LavaturaRosalia Lo PrestiAngelo Baldassare CefalùMaurizio Avernasubject
DiarrheaSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaPositron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyEmergency MedicineInternal MedicineHumansOctreotide68Gallium-DOTATOC PET/CT Chromogranin A Diarrhea Gastroenteropancreatic-neuroendocrine tumordescription
Gastroenteropancreatic-neuroendocrine neoplasms or tumors (GEP-NEN or NETs) are rare tumors arising from the diffuse neuroendocrine system. This clinical case highlights the complexity of the diagnostic process and the difficulties in interpreting the examinations for this type of tumor, showing how the negativity of firstlevel examinations did not prevent from performing further investigations, in the presence of a suggestive clinical presentation. The search of similar cases in the published literature suggests that this represents an unusual presentation of a NET.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-30 |