Open AccessAn unusual case of disseminated neuroendocrine tumor presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy
Author(s) -
K. Karthik,
Hema Kini,
Anand Kini,
P V Santosh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.151947
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , cervical lymphadenopathy , lymphoma , lymph , fine needle aspiration cytology , radiology , surprise , generalized lymphadenopathy , neuroendocrine tumors , general surgery , surgery , pathology , biopsy , psychology , social psychology , disease
A 64-year-old male presented to the surgical out-patient department with multiple enlarged lymph nodes in the neck and axillae. As a routine practice in India, this patient was worked up on the lines of generalized lymphadenopathy with a provisional diagnosis of tuberculosis and lymphoma. The report of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) came as a surprise and on further work-up it turned out to be that the patient had disseminated neuroendocrine tumor from an unknown primary