Periampullary Neuroendocrine Tumor as a Cause of Acute Pancreatitis

Patient: Male, 60 Final Diagnosis: Periampullary neuroendocrine tumor Symptoms: Abdominal discomfort Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Surgery OBJECTIVE: Rare disease BACKGROUND: Duodenal and ampullary carcinoids are very rare tumors accounting respectively for 2% and 0.03% of all carcinoid tumors. Clinical findings vary according to the location of the tumor within the periampullary region; with epigastric pain being the most common presenting symptom in duodenal carcinoids and jaundice the most common clinical finding in ampullary carcinoids. Treatment options include pancreaticoduodenectomy, local excision, and endoscopic excision. CASE REPORT: In this case report, we present a 60-year-old male who presented with a one-week history of intractable epi-gastric pain. He was diagnosed with duodenal periampullary carcinoid tumor and treated with local excision. CONCLUSIONS: Although duodenal and ampullary carcinoid tumors may have different clinical presentations, as well as histo-chemistry characteristics and metastatic potential, they appear to benefit from the same surgical treatment.