Open AccessPancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma in a pregnant woman: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Liping Gao,
Gui-Xiang Kong,
Xiang Wang,
Hongbing Ma,
Feifei Ding,
Tingdong Li
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i17.4327
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroendocrine carcinoma , general surgery , carcinoma , gynecology
Portal venous thromboembolism caused by malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor metastasis, as the initial presentation of portal hypertension and upper gastrointestinal bleeding, is a rare entity. To our knowledge, there are no reports of this entity in pregnant women. We describe a case of pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma during pregnancy with hematemesis and hematochezia as the initial presentation and review the literature to analyze the demographic, clinical, and pathological features to provide a reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.