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An Advanced Well-differentiated Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma (NET-G3) Associated with Von Hippel-Lindau Disease.

Authors :
Miki M
Kawabe K
Igarashi H
Abe T
Ohishi Y
Hashimoto R
Karashima T
Yamasaki I
Inoue K
Ito T
Ogawa Y
Source :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2018 Jul 15; Vol. 57 (14), pp. 2007-2011. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 28.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

A 45-year old woman who underwent several surgeries for tumors associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) was referred to our hospital due to a pancreatic tumor and liver tumors. She was diagnosed with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET) with a Ki67 index of 40% based on the examination of a biopsy specimen of the liver tumors. She was treated with everolimus for 6 months and sunitinib for 6 weeks as first- and second-line therapies. She survived for 13 months. At autopsy the diagnosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET)-G3 was confirmed. We herein report an aggressive clinical course of VHL-related NET G3. The further accumulation of cases is required to reach a consensus on treatment for this disease.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1349-7235
Volume :
57
Issue :
14
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
29491307
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0416-17