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ArticleClinical case reports2024

Postprandial abdominal pain and weight loss as the initial presentation of abdominal neuroendocrine tumor recurrence.

Pitchaporn Yingchoncharoen, Kavya Bharathidasan, Jerapas Thongpiya, Diego Bernal, Mahmoud Abdelnabi

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Pitchaporn YingchoncharoenInternal Medicine Department Texas Tech University Health Science Center Lubbock Texas USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0764-6472
Kavya BharathidasanInternal Medicine Department Texas Tech University Health Science Center Lubbock Texas USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5753-0967
Jerapas ThongpiyaInternal Medicine Department Texas Tech University Health Science Center Lubbock Texas USA.
Diego BernalInternal Medicine Department Texas Tech University Health Science Center Lubbock Texas USA.
Mahmoud AbdelnabiInternal Medicine Department Texas Tech University Health Science Center Lubbock Texas USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8016-9049

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Key Clinical Message: Neuroendocrine tumors, rare and slow-growing, primarily affect the gastrointestinal tract, causing symptoms due to hormone secretion or mass effect. This case image described postprandial abdominal pain as an atypical initial presentation of abdominal neuroendocrine tumor recurrence in a middle-aged male. Abstract: Neuroendocrine tumors are a group of rare, slow-growing neoplasms, most commonly affecting the gastrointestinal tract. Clinical presentations include symptoms related to the mass or hypersecretion of hormones, such as flushing, diarrhea, or bronchoconstriction. Postprandial abdominal pain is most commonly related to chronic mesenteric ischemia from atherosclerotic changes but is rarely linked to external mass compression, including gastrointestinal tumors. Hereby, the authors highlight an uncommon presentation of NET, which is very challenging to diagnose and demands a high index of suspicion.

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mesenteric ischemianeuroendocrine tumorspostprandial abdominal painsomatostatin analogssurgery

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PMID38915930
PMCPMC11194290

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