Small-Cell Type, Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Joint Authors
Tariq, Hassan
Niazi, Masooma
Rafeeq, Ahmed
Chime, Chukwunonso
Kumar, Kishore
Ihimoyan, Ariyo
Source
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-04-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The poorly differentiated small-cell type, neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the gallbladder is a very uncommon subtype of a neuroendocrine tumor of the gastrointestinal tract.
Nonsecretory NEC by virtue of its nonspecific and subtle clinical presentation of the tumor is usually diagnosed at an advance stage with presenting symptoms related to either locally advance disease or from metastatic disease.
Though the radiologic imaging does identify the gall bladder cancer, the tumor lacks a specific diagnostic test; therefore, the diagnosis is almost always confirmed on histopathologic and immunohistochemical staining.
We present a case of a poorly differentiated, small-cell neuroendocrine tumor of the gallbladder.
The patient died within 3 months after the definitive diagnosis was made.
Survival from this deadly malignancy can be improved with aggressive surgical treatment followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy on a case-by-case scenario.
The systemic chemotherapy remained the treatment of choice for an unresectable tumor (Chen et al., 2014).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kumar, Kishore& Tariq, Hassan& Rafeeq, Ahmed& Chime, Chukwunonso& Niazi, Masooma& Ihimoyan, Ariyo. 2019. Small-Cell Type, Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142182
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kumar, Kishore…[et al.]. Small-Cell Type, Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142182
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kumar, Kishore& Tariq, Hassan& Rafeeq, Ahmed& Chime, Chukwunonso& Niazi, Masooma& Ihimoyan, Ariyo. Small-Cell Type, Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142182
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1142182