Unilateral pseudouveitis revealing a pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report.
Faten CherchirInes NaceurAhmed Anas HaouariTayssir Ben AchourHajer Ben MansourKhadija BellilFatma SaidMohamed Habib HoumanPublished in: Clinical case reports (2022)
Neuroendocrine tumors are a heterogeneous group of tumors with a wide range of malignant potential that tend to have a relative prolonged course. These tumors infrequently metastasize to the orbit. To the best of our knowledge, ocular metastases from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) have never been reported in the literature. We report the case of a 61-year-old man who presented with progressive deterioration of general condition with unilateral recurrent episodes of non-granulomatous panuveitis of the left eye related to a choroidal metastasis. Radiological imaging and histopathological analyses led to the diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma as the primary tumor. Choroidal metastases from neuroendocrine tumors are extremely rare, but compromise patients' well-being because of visual impairment. Uncommonly, these metastases can be the first manifestation of unknown tumors, warranting further investigations to detect the primary cancer.
Keyphrases
- neuroendocrine tumors
- end stage renal disease
- optical coherence tomography
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- squamous cell carcinoma
- healthcare
- systematic review
- high resolution
- multiple sclerosis
- small cell lung cancer
- papillary thyroid
- age related macular degeneration
- mass spectrometry
- squamous cell
- rheumatoid arthritis
- climate change
- risk assessment
- interstitial lung disease
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- fluorescence imaging