Case of an abnormal procalcitonin‐producing metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

Autor: Wei‐Zhen Wang, Long‐Jiang Xu, Duan‐Min Hu, Wen Tang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Clinical Case Reports, Vol 8, Iss 11, Pp 2269-2272 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2050-0904
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.3187
Popis: Abstract Procalcitonin (PCT) is widely used to diagnose a bacterial infection. An increased serum PCT can also be observed in tumors. We presented an unusual case of a metastatic PNET producing and secreting PCT. Immunohistochemistry was used to demonstrate that PCT can be secreted by PanNET.
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