Pancreatic NET Tumors Presenting with Hypercalcitonemia

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Introduction: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET) secrete a variety of hormones, but calcitonin secretion rarely occurs.

Aim(s): We present four patients diagnosed with pNET during investigation of elevated calcitonin (CT) levels (ranging between 30-355 pg/ml).

Materials and methods: There were two female and two male patients referred with the provisional diagnosis of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) during investigation performed for various symptoms (initially attributable to thyroid diseases).

Conference: 10th Annual ENETSConcerence (2013)

Presenting Author:

Authors: Chrisoulidou A, Pazaitou-Panayiotou K, Mandanas S, Chatzelis E, Boudina M,

Keywords: pancreatic, neuroendocrine tumor, calcitonin,