Neuroendocrine Tumor of Esophagus as a Rare Case of Dysphagia in an Elderly Male: A Case Report from Pakistan
Kiran Bajaj
Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Deewan Farooq Medical Complex, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Chand Bibi Road, Near JAMA Cloth, Karachi, Pakistan.
Raja Taha Yaseen Khan *
Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Deewan Farooq Medical Complex, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Chand Bibi Road, Near JAMA Cloth, Karachi, Pakistan.
Yumna Shahid
Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Deewan Farooq Medical Complex, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Chand Bibi Road, Near JAMA Cloth, Karachi, Pakistan.
Hina Ismail
Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Deewan Farooq Medical Complex, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Chand Bibi Road, Near JAMA Cloth, Karachi, Pakistan.
Zain Majid
Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Deewan Farooq Medical Complex, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Chand Bibi Road, Near JAMA Cloth, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sandeep Kumar
Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Deewan Farooq Medical Complex, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Chand Bibi Road, Near JAMA Cloth, Karachi, Pakistan.
Saleem Shahzad
Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Deewan Farooq Medical Complex, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Chand Bibi Road, Near JAMA Cloth, Karachi, Pakistan.
Abbas Ali Tasneem
Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Deewan Farooq Medical Complex, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Chand Bibi Road, Near JAMA Cloth, Karachi, Pakistan.
Nasir Hasan Luck
Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Deewan Farooq Medical Complex, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Chand Bibi Road, Near JAMA Cloth, Karachi, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are the neoplasms that develop from the enterochromaffin cells and can involve different parts of the body. Esophageal NETs are rare with most of them presenting as neuroendocrine cancers (NEC) and are associated with poor prognosis. Here, we present to you a case of an elderly male, who was evaluated for dysphagia and underwent endoscopy and radiological investigations and was diagnosed as esophageal NET on the basis of the histopathology.
Keywords: Esophagus, dysphagia, neuroendocrine tumor