A Case of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor presenting Iron Deficiency Anemia in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Xueyu Sun, Yanan Yu, Yueping Jiang and Deming Li

International Journal of Sciences, 2017, vol. 6, issue 03, 51-56

Abstract: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a dominantly inherited disease characterized by cafe´-au-lait spots in the skin and dermal neurofibromas. We report an unusual case of a 38-year-old women with NF1 presented with abdominal pain and iron deficiency anemia. Imaging studies revealed a lesion in the head of the pancreas. At surgery, a 20 mm neuroendocrine tumor was found in the head of the pancreas. We present this case of a patient with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) associated with NF1 and review the literatures that have been reported to discuss the characteristics of these tumors to improve early differential.

Keywords: Neurofibromatosis Type 1; Von Recklinghausen's Disease; Neuroendocrine Tumor; Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor; Carcinoma; Familial Syndrome (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.18483/ijSci.1210

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