Unexplained ascites, a sign for neuroendocrine carcinoma

Mohd Kamil MK 1 , Ngiu CS 2 , Md Isa N 3 , Yaacob Y Y 4 , Deborah Chew CH 2 , Wong ZQ 2 Show all authors , Raja Ali RA 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. csngiu@ppukm.ukm.edu.my
  • 2 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2018 02;73(1):60-62.
PMID: 29531208 MyJurnal

Abstract

Neuroendocrine neoplasm is an epithelial neoplasm with predominant neuroendocrine differentiation that can arise from many organs in the body. We reported a rare case of gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma which accounts for less than 1% of all gastric tumours that is associated with poor prognosis. The recognition of this rare tumour in early stage is challenging and high suspicious into it might bring to early detection and so forth might improve the prognostication.

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