Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumours can metastasize to the bones, but rarely to the orbit. The majority of orbital metastasis are incidental findings on somatostatin receptor imaging. Symptomatic metastases are treated with external beam radiotherapy or chemotherapy, seldom with surgical resection (1–4). Here we present a case who presented with visual disturbance due to an orbit metastasis which was resected and the histology showed a metastatic NET. <p class="abste...

Introduction: Small bowel NETs (SBNETs) are a group of heterogenous tumours that can exist as unifocal or multifocal disease. The current literature regarding multifocal SBNETs includes small patient cohorts and mainly focuses on histopathologic characteristics only. Data regarding the presenting symptoms and survival are lacking.Aim: To present clinical characteristic, disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with multifocal SBN...