Cracking the Code of a Rare Colonic Mesentery Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor Disguised as Chronic Gastroenteritis: The Critical Art of Timely Detection

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) typically present in the setting of metastasis from other solid organs and are considered late manifestations of the disease. Therefore, primary tumors are extremely rare. NETs of the colonic mesentery occur more than 70% of the time in the appendix, small intestine, and...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 15; no. 9
Main Authors Achong, Colleen, Thein, Wai Lin, Douillard, Widz Y, Kalavar, Madhumati, Gibbs, Kirwin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Palo Alto Cureus Inc 18.09.2023
Cureus
Subjects
Abdomen
Antigens
Arthritis
Biopsy
Blood
Calcification
Case reports
Diarrhea
Dyspnea
Edema
Gastroenterology
Granulomas
Heart
Hemoglobin
Histology
Internal Medicine
Leukocytes
Mesentery
Metastasis
Neuroendocrine tumors
Oncology
Osteoarthritis
Pathology
Patients
Small intestine
Tomography
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Summary:Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) typically present in the setting of metastasis from other solid organs and are considered late manifestations of the disease. Therefore, primary tumors are extremely rare. NETs of the colonic mesentery occur more than 70% of the time in the appendix, small intestine, and rectum. Here, we describe the case of a patient who presented with multiple episodes of diarrhea and abdominal pain, which was waxing and waning in occurrence, with CT findings of a rare primary NET.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.45465