Gastric neuroendocrine tumor

Case contributed by Jini P Abraham , 6 Nov 2020
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Vikas Shah, 26 Nov 2020

Updates to Case Attributes

Age changed from 48 years to 45 years.
Status changed from pending review to published (public).
Published At was set to .

References changed:

  • Kahan S, Teppara N, Babkowski R, Dong Xda E. Isolated peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastrointestinal tract carcinoid tumor: two case reports and a review of the literature. (2013) Gastrointestinal cancer research : GCR. 6 (1): 27-30. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23505577">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
  • Kahan S, Teppara N, Babkowski R, Dong Xda E. Isolated peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastrointestinal tract carcinoid tumor: two case reports and a review of the literature. Gastrointest Cancer Res. 2013;6(1):27-30.

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Focal thickening of gastric wall noted, showing moderate inhomogeneous enhancement on post contrast study. No obvious breechbreach in serosa noted. Maintained fatFat planes with adjacent structures maintained.

Four well defined hypodense lesions with central decreased attenuation noted in abdomen. Post contrast study shows moderate enhancement in arterial phase with central non-enhancing areas. Two of these lesions are seen abutting the lesser curvature of stomach on left side and inferior surface of liver superiorly and on right side. These lesions are seen to be supplied by right gastric artery. The other two lesions are noted along the inferior greater curvature of stomach, one of which shows speck of calcifications. These lesions are seen to be supplied by gastro-duodenal artery.

CT morphology to consider possibilityConsider diagnosis of Gastric Neuroendocrinegastric neuroendocrine tumour with omental deposits.

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