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ea0038p166 | Neoplasia, cancer and late effects | SFEBES2015

Somatostatin responsive ACTH and precursor excess in a midgut mesentery NET

Dimitriadis G K , Nasoodi A , Khan S , Shatwell W , Chambers L , Tomkins C , Darby C , Gopalakrishnan K , Randeva H S , Murthy N , Weickert M O

Introduction/Background: ACTH production from a midgut mesentery NET is extremely rare (1). A 62y old woman presented with hypokalaemia (2mmol/L) and hyperpigmentation, 11y after surgery of a pT3N1Mx non-functional G1 NET with SRS positive, non-resectable but stable, residual mass encasing mesenteric vessels. Serum cortisol (3261 nmol/L), ACTH (796 ng/L), CgA (530 pmol/L) and urine total cortisol metabolites (33920 μg/24h) including 14 sub-products indicated change of bio...