Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- diarreia aquosa profusa
Other diagnostic factors
- aproximadamente 50 anos de idade
- cefaleia
- perda de peso
- turgor cutâneo diminuído
- membranas mucosas ressecadas
- fraqueza muscular
- cãibras musculares
- sintomas gastrointestinais
- sintomas de hiperglicemia
- rubor
- hepatomegalia
- história de neoplasia endócrina múltipla tipo 1 (NEM1)
Risk factors
- neoplasia endócrina múltipla tipo 1 (NEM1)
- aproximadamente 50 anos de idade
Diagnostic tests
1st tests to order
- potássio sérico
- bicarbonato sérico
- cálcio sérico
- glicose sérica
- radioimunoensaio do peptídeo intestinal vasoativo (PIV)
- testes da função hepática
Tests to consider
- análise da gasometria arterial
- monitoramento do potencial hidrogeniônico (pH) gástrico
- cromogranina A
- polipeptídeo pancreático
- TC com contraste do abdome
- ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) com contraste do abdome
- PET-TC/RNM com receptores da somatostatina
- cintilografia com receptores da somatostatina
- ultrassonografia endoscópica
- exploração cirúrgica
- ultrassonografia intraoperatória
- biópsia
Treatment algorithm
apresentação inicial do paciente sintomático
doença localizada
Doença metastática: candidato a cirurgia
Doença metastática: não candidato a cirurgia
doença refratária
Contributors
Authors
Harish Lavu, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia
PA
Disclosures
HL declares that he has no competing interests.
Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS

The Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia
PA
Disclosures
CJY declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Alexandria Phan, MD
Professor of Medicine
Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
WI
Disclosures
AP declares that she has no competing interests.
Jonathan Strosberg, MD
Professor
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa
FL
Disclosures
JS has consulted for Novartis and serves on the Speakers’ Bureau for Ipsen.
Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD
Fellow of the Spanish Association of Surgeons (AEC)
Department of Surgery
University Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Madrid
Spain
Disclosures
JRT declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
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References
Key articles
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: neuroendocrine and adrenal tumors [internet publication].Full text
Hofland J, Falconi M, Christ E, et al. European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society 2023 guidance paper for functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour syndromes. J Neuroendocrinol. 2023 Aug;35(8):e13318.Full text Abstract
Pavel M, Öberg K, Falconi M, et al. Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: ESMO clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol. 2020 Jul;31(7):844-60.Full text
Del Rivero J, Perez K, Kennedy EB, et al. Systemic therapy for tumor control in metastatic well-differentiated gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: ASCO guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Nov 10;41(32):5049-67.Full text Abstract
Reference articles
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Differentials
- Gastroenterite infecciosa
- Diarreia osmótica
- Má absorção do ácido biliar ileal
More DifferentialsGuidelines
- NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: neuroendocrine and adrenal tumors
- NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: neuroendocrine and adrenal tumors
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