Primary Mediastinal Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Case of Atypical Carcinoid

Konstantinos Kosmas; Ioannis Vamvakaris; Eirini Klapsinou; Eleni Psychogiou; Dimitra Riga

doi:10.7759/cureus.12853

Primary Mediastinal Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Case of Atypical Carcinoid

Cureus. 2021 Jan 22;13(1):e12853. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12853.

Authors

Konstantinos Kosmas¹, Ioannis Vamvakaris², Eirini Klapsinou³, Eleni Psychogiou², Dimitra Riga²

Affiliations

¹ Cytology Department, General Hospital of Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria", Athens, GRC.
² Pathology Department, General Hospital of Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria", Athens, GRC.
³ Department of Cytology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens "Hygeia", Athens, GRC.

Abstract

Primary mediastinal neuroendocrine tumor (PMNET) is an extremely rare clinical entity and few cases have been described in the literature. Here, we report a histologically confirmed rare PMNET case of a 66-year-old male patient with a mass detected in the anterior upper mediastinum by chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). Early detection and surgical intervention of this neoplasm are critical for long term survival, though the tumor is associated with a dismal outcome.

Keywords: case report; immunohistochemistry; pmnet; primary mediastinal neuroendocrine tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports