Growth hormone-releasing hormone-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 family with an uncommon phenotype.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_AE29B0C9D0D2
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Title
Growth hormone-releasing hormone-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 family with an uncommon phenotype.
Journal
European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Author(s)
Sala E., Ferrante E., Verrua E., Malchiodi E., Mantovani G., Filopanti M., Ferrero S., Pietrabissa A., Vanoli A., La Rosa S., Zatelli M.C., Beck-Peccoz P., Verga U.
ISSN
1473-5687 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0954-691X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
25
Number
7
Pages
858-862
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal ArticlePublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The objective of this study was to describe a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) family characterized by primary hyperparathyroidism, in association with acromegaly because of ectopic growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) secretion by a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in a young man and with a bronchial carcinoid in his mother. We investigate the clinical, radiological imaging, histopathologic findings, and therapy. An 18-year-old man successfully underwent subtotal parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. A subsequent genetic analysis showed a MEN1 gene mutation. Three years later, acromegaly because of ectopic GHRH secretion was diagnosed (pituitary MRI negative and elevated GHRH levels). A search for an ectopic tumor was unsuccessful and somatostatin analog therapy was started. Successively, scintigraphy with somatostatin analogs (68-Ga-DOTATOC-PET) showed three focal areas in the pancreatic tail. Distal pancreatectomy showed multiple pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and hormonal status was normalized. Afterwards, the evaluation of the patient's mother, carrying the same mutation, indicated a primary hyperparathyroidism and a 4 cm lung mass. The patient underwent subtotal pneumonectomy and the histological analysis was consistent with the diagnosis of a typical bronchial carcinoid. In conclusion, an atypical phenotype may be recorded in MEN1 families, thus emphasizing the importance of the new imaging and surgical techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of such a rare disease.
Keywords
Acromegaly/etiology, Adolescent, Bronchial Neoplasms/genetics, Bronchial Neoplasms/surgery, Carcinoid Tumor/genetics, Carcinoid Tumor/surgery, DNA Mutational Analysis, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone/secretion, Heredity, Humans, Hyperparathyroidism, Primary/etiology, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1/complications, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1/diagnosis, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1/therapy, Mutation, Neuroendocrine Tumors/complications, Neuroendocrine Tumors/diagnosis, Neuroendocrine Tumors/</QualifierName> <QualifierName MajorTopicYN="N" UI="Q000628">, Pancreatectomy, Pancreatic Neoplasms/complications, Pancreatic Neoplasms/diagnosis, Pancreatic Neoplasms/</QualifierName> <QualifierName MajorTopicYN="N" UI="Q000628">, Parathyroidectomy, Pedigree, Phenotype, Pneumonectomy, Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics, Treatment Outcome
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