A case of metachronous double primary neuroendocrine cancer in pancreas/ileum and uterine cervix

Ups J Med Sci. 2012 Nov;117(4):453-6. doi: 10.3109/03009734.2012.707254. Epub 2012 Sep 25.

Abstract

We describe an unusual case of a 50-year-old female patient developing two primary cancers with neuroendocrine features. Initially the patient underwent surgery for an entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma. During the subsequent follow-up she experienced some episodes of vaginal bleeding with negative PET scanning with the tracer fluorine-18 (F-18) fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). A Papanicolaou (pap) smear and an endometrial biopsy revealed a primary neuroendocrine cancer of the uterine cervix. The present case underlines the importance of clinical follow-up after a diagnosis of intestinal neuroendocrine tumor, investigating any new symptom. Female patients, after the diagnosis of entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma, must be recommended to continue screening pap test examinations for the likelihood of classical squamous and glandular cervical cancers and also for neuroendocrine cervical cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ileum / pathology*
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*