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ea0055wh5 | Workshop H: Miscellaneous endocrine and metabolic disorders | SFEEU2018

NET or Not? A case illustrating potential difficulties in detecting neuroendocrine tumours

Tee Su Ann , James Robert Andrew , Petrides George , Allcock Robert , Perros Petros

A 68-year-old lady presented with a right-sided breast lump detected on routine mammography. Past medical history included type 2 diabetes, asthma, and hypothyroidism following radioactive iodine for toxic multinodular goitre. Staging CT showed 2 presumed metastases in the left lung, and one in the right lung. She was referred for biopsy and/or resection of these lesions. Histology of the left lower lobe lesion showed a typical carcinoid tumour with an adjacent neuroendocrine ...