Open AccessCase of an abnormal procalcitonin‐producing metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
Author(s) -
Wang WeiZhen,
Xu LongJiang,
Hu DuanMin,
Tang Wen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3187
Subject(s) - procalcitonin , medicine , pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor , neuroendocrine tumors , immunohistochemistry , metastatic tumor , pathology , metastasis , cancer , sepsis
Procalcitonin (PCT) is widely used to diagnose a bacterial infection. An increased serum PCT can also be observed in tumors. We presented an unusual case of a metastatic PNET producing and secreting PCT. Immunohistochemistry was used to demonstrate that PCT can be secreted by PanNET.
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