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ReviewThe Pan African medical journal2020

Pseudotumoral form of schistosomiasis mimicking neuroendocrine tumor: a case report and brief review of the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses.

Luis Marín-Martínez, Georgios Kyriakos, David Sánchez-Gutiérrez

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Review in The Pan African medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luis Marín-MartínezSección de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Spain.
Georgios KyriakosSección de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Spain.
David Sánchez-GutiérrezServicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Spain.
Santa Lucía University General Hospital · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses may become complex and requires careful anamnesis, physical examination and several complementary tests. We present the clinical case of a male patient aged 45 years who was diagnosed with a 4cm paraaortic lesion compatible with neuroendocrine tumor in the abdominal computed tomography (CT) exam. The workup performed with SPECT-CT, somatostatin receptors scintigraphy, MIBG scintigraphy, 24-hour urine total and fractionated catecholamines and 24-hour urine 5-OH indoleacetic did not confirm the first diagnostic impression. Finally, the lesion was biopsied and presence of micro-organisms was revealed. Further exams confirmed schistosomiasis as the cause of the paraaortic lesion. Histological diagnosis can be helpful with regard to the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses.

Indexed as

Diagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuroendocrine TumorsRadionuclide ImagingRetroperitoneal NeoplasmsRetroperitoneal SpaceSchistosomiasisSingle Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomographyneuroendocrine tumorparagangliomaRetroperitoneal massschistosomiasis

Identifiers

PMID33447341
PMCPMC7778187
OpenAlexW3096518604

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