Presentation
Abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Patient Data
Age: 70 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Small bowel neuroendocrine tumor
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A 45 × 30 mm soft tissue density mass in the small bowel mesenteric root, accompanied by mild adjacent bowel loops wall thickening most consistent with neuroendocrine tumor.
A 22 mm cortical cyst is noted at right kidney.
The prostate gland is enlarged.
Degenerative changes as osteophytosis are seen at the lumbar spine.
Case Discussion
Pathology proven case of metastatic small bowel neuroendocrine tumor.
Neuroendocrine tumors can arise in bowel and lung, as well as at other sites and it can metastasize to multiple sites including regional nodes, liver, lung, and bone.