Case of an abnormal procalcitonin-producing metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

Wei-Zhen Wang; Long-Jiang Xu; Duan-Min Hu; Wen Tang

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3187

Case of an abnormal procalcitonin-producing metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Sep 17;8(11):2269-2272. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3187. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Authors

Wei-Zhen Wang¹, Long-Jiang Xu², Duan-Min Hu¹, Wen Tang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou China.
² Department of Pathology The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou China.

Abstract

Procalcitonin (PCT) is widely used to diagnose a bacterial infection. An increased serum PCT can also be observed in tumors. We presented an unusual case of a metastatic PNET producing and secreting PCT. Immunohistochemistry was used to demonstrate that PCT can be secreted by PanNET.

Keywords: biomarker; liver metastatic; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; procalcitonin.

Publication types

Case Reports