Rectal carcinoid tumor with bone marrow and osteoblastic bone metastasis: a case report

Turk J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jun;18(2):111-4.

Abstract

Rectal carcinoids comprise 12.6% of all carcinoid tumors and represent the third largest group of the gut carcinoids. A 64-year-old woman was diagnosed as high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. She had liver, bone, and bone marrow metastasis. Carcinoid syndrome was diagnosed due to diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, and high level of 24-hour urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (160 mg/24 hours). No response was obtained by octreotide treatment. Rectal carcinoid tumors usually show favorable prognosis; however, poorly differentiated tumors might have unusually aggressive behavior and resistance to treatment. Bone marrow involvement might be a poor prognostic factor in carcinoid tumor as has been the case in many other tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bone Marrow Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / etiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*