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Unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report

Neuroendocrine tumors are a heterogeneous group of tumors with a wide range of malignant potential that tend to have a relative prolonged course. These tumors infrequently metastasize to the orbit. To the best of our knowledge, ocular metastases from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) have nev...

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Autores principales: Cherchir, Faten, Naceur, Ines, Haouari, Ahmed Anas, Ben Achour, Tayssir, Ben Mansour, Hajer, Bellil, Khadija, Said, Fatma, Houman, Mohamed Habib
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8905139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35280094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5563
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author Cherchir, Faten
Naceur, Ines
Haouari, Ahmed Anas
Ben Achour, Tayssir
Ben Mansour, Hajer
Bellil, Khadija
Said, Fatma
Houman, Mohamed Habib
author_facet Cherchir, Faten
Naceur, Ines
Haouari, Ahmed Anas
Ben Achour, Tayssir
Ben Mansour, Hajer
Bellil, Khadija
Said, Fatma
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description Neuroendocrine tumors are a heterogeneous group of tumors with a wide range of malignant potential that tend to have a relative prolonged course. These tumors infrequently metastasize to the orbit. To the best of our knowledge, ocular metastases from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) have never been reported in the literature. We report the case of a 61‐year‐old man who presented with progressive deterioration of general condition with unilateral recurrent episodes of non‐granulomatous panuveitis of the left eye related to a choroidal metastasis. Radiological imaging and histopathological analyses led to the diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma as the primary tumor. Choroidal metastases from neuroendocrine tumors are extremely rare, but compromise patients’ well‐being because of visual impairment. Uncommonly, these metastases can be the first manifestation of unknown tumors, warranting further investigations to detect the primary cancer.
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spelling pubmed-89051392022-03-10 Unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report Cherchir, Faten Naceur, Ines Haouari, Ahmed Anas Ben Achour, Tayssir Ben Mansour, Hajer Bellil, Khadija Said, Fatma Houman, Mohamed Habib Clin Case Rep Case Reports Neuroendocrine tumors are a heterogeneous group of tumors with a wide range of malignant potential that tend to have a relative prolonged course. These tumors infrequently metastasize to the orbit. To the best of our knowledge, ocular metastases from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) have never been reported in the literature. We report the case of a 61‐year‐old man who presented with progressive deterioration of general condition with unilateral recurrent episodes of non‐granulomatous panuveitis of the left eye related to a choroidal metastasis. Radiological imaging and histopathological analyses led to the diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma as the primary tumor. Choroidal metastases from neuroendocrine tumors are extremely rare, but compromise patients’ well‐being because of visual impairment. Uncommonly, these metastases can be the first manifestation of unknown tumors, warranting further investigations to detect the primary cancer. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8905139/ /pubmed/35280094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5563 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Cherchir, Faten
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Haouari, Ahmed Anas
Ben Achour, Tayssir
Ben Mansour, Hajer
Bellil, Khadija
Said, Fatma
Houman, Mohamed Habib
Unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report
title Unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report
title_full Unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report
title_fullStr Unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report
title_short Unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report
title_sort unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: a case report
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8905139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35280094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5563
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