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Unusual Paraneoplastic Syndrome Accompanies Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Pancreas
Joint Authors
Conigliaro, Rita
Bertani, Helga
Messerotti, Alessandro
Casoni, Federica
Greco, Milena
Di Benedetto, Fabrizio
Manta, Raffaele
Losi, Luisa
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Neuroendocrine tumours comprise a small percentage of pancreatic neoplasia (10%) (1).
Diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumours is difficult, especially if the tumours are small and nonfunctional.
CT scans, MRI, and nuclear scans are sufficiently sensitive assessment tools for tumours with diameters of at least 2 cm; otherwise, the sensitivity and specificity of these techniques is less than 50% (2).
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a heterogeneous neuromuscular junction disorder that is primarily caused when antibodies form against the acetylcholine receptors (Ab-AchR).
MG can develop in conjunction with neoplasia, making MG a paraneoplastic disease.
In those cases, MG is most commonly associated with thymomas and less frequently associated with extrathymic malignancies.
The mechanism underlying this paraneoplastic syndrome has been hypothesized to involve an autoimmune response against the tumour cells (3).
No published reports have linked malignant pancreatic diseases with MG.
Here, we report the case of a young woman, negative for Ab-AchR, with a neuroendocrine tumour in the pancreatic head, who experienced a complete resolution of her MG-like syndrome after surgical enucleation of the tumour.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bertani, Helga& Messerotti, Alessandro& Di Benedetto, Fabrizio& Manta, Raffaele& Greco, Milena& Casoni, Federica…[et al.]. 2011. Unusual Paraneoplastic Syndrome Accompanies Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Pancreas. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bertani, Helga…[et al.]. Unusual Paraneoplastic Syndrome Accompanies Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Pancreas. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Bertani, Helga& Messerotti, Alessandro& Di Benedetto, Fabrizio& Manta, Raffaele& Greco, Milena& Casoni, Federica…[et al.]. Unusual Paraneoplastic Syndrome Accompanies Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Pancreas. Case Reports in Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-462338
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-462338