Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Carcinoid tumours commonly originate from the gastrointestinal tract. Cardiac manifestations occur in 10–41% of patients with carcinoid syndrome, usually associated with liver metastases. We report an atypical case of a carcinoid tumour associated with right sided heart disease without distant metastases.Case description: A 75-year-old lady with no significant past medical history and a lifelong non-smoker, was admitted with 3 months h...

Background: Appendiceal neuroendocrine tumours (aNETs) are usually diagnosed incidentally at appendicectomy, are indolent and rarely recur.Methods: We retrospectively analysed patients diagnosed with aNETs and entered prospectively into our tertiary referring centre’s NET database between 1990 and 2016.Results: 102 patients (F:M ratio of 1.04:1) presented with aNET at a median age of 39.4 (range 16.3–81.1) years. Average ...

Background: Current ENET guidelines inform our management of GCCs but we still have poor understanding of how these tumours behave in clinical practice.Methods: We retrospectively analysed patients diagnosed with GCCs and entered prospectively into our tertiary referring centre’s NET database between 1990 and 2016.Results: 41 patients (F:M ratio of 1.28:1) presented with GCC at a median age of 61 (range 27–79) years. Aver...

Background: Appendiceal neuroendocrine tumours (aNETs) are usually diagnosed incidentally at appendicectomy, are indolent and rarely recur. Current ENETS guidelines inform aNETs management and highlight areas of uncertainty. We aimed to identify risk factors that predict lymph node metastasis, residual disease at completion surgery, or disease recurrence and also assessed survival according to ENETS stage.Methods: We retrospectively analysed a prospectiv...