[Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine small-cell carcinoma of the gallbladder].

[carcinoma of the gallbladder]

Neuroendocrine tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic system (GEP-NETs ) are rare , in particular those of the gallbladder . Due to the limited therapeutic options , surgical resection is favoured .Described below is the case of a 69 -year -old male with a lymphogenically metastasising , poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder who presented with unspecific abdominal pain .Following complete surgical resection of the tumour and the lymph node metastases he developed a recurrence 6 weeks post-operatively . The recurrence was treated with chemotherapy . Re-staging after three courses , however , showed further tumour progression . Prior to the start of a second -line treatment the patient died 13 weeks after surgery .This case demonstrates the complexity of this rare disease with diagnosis in advanced tumour stage and poor prognosis .

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "abdominal pain" symptom

22q11.2 deletion syndrome

adrenal incidentaloma

alpha-thalassemia

benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis

carcinoma of the gallbladder

child syndrome

cholangiocarcinoma

congenital diaphragmatic hernia

cushing syndrome

cutaneous mastocytosis

cystinuria

dedifferentiated liposarcoma

erdheim-chester disease

erythropoietic protoporphyria

fabry disease

familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia

familial mediterranean fever

focal myositis

liposarcoma

lymphangioleiomyomatosis

malignant atrophic papulosis

pleomorphic liposarcoma

primary effusion lymphoma

primary hyperoxaluria type 1

proteus syndrome

scrub typhus

sneddon syndrome

systemic capillary leak syndrome

typhoid

von hippel-lindau disease

well-differentiated liposarcoma

This symptom has already been validated