Non-Functional Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas: about a Case at the Health Centre of Sikasso (Mali)

Kiffery Ibrahim Keita¹*, Traore B², Traore D², Dembele Y³, Dembele KS⁴, Diamoutene A¹, Konate S¹, Coulibaly M⁵, Thera TD², Doumbia S⁶, Fomba A³, Dembele M³, Konate A⁷, Toure I⁸, Maiga A⁶, Kampo O⁸, Togora H⁹, Haidara O⁹, Diarra E¹⁰ and PR Traore D¹¹

¹General Surgery Unit, Sikasso District Hospital, Sikasso, Mali

² General Surgery Department, Sominé DOLO Hospital, Mopti, Mali

³ Gyneco-obstetrics department, Sikasso district hospital, Mali

⁴General Surgery Unit, Tomian District Hospital, Mali

⁵Anesthesia/intensive care unit and operating room, Sikasso district hospital, Mali

⁶Pediatrics Unit, Sikasso District Hospital, Mali

⁷Radiology Unit, Sikasso District Hospital, Mali

⁸Medico-surgical emergency unit, Sikasso district hospital, Mali

⁹Sikasso District Hospital Medical Unit, Mali

¹⁰Public Health Department, Sikasso District Hospital, Mali

¹¹Department of Surgery B, CHU du Point G, Bamako, Mali

*Corresponding Author: Kiffery Ibrahim Keita, General Surgery Unit, Sikasso District Hospital, Sikasso, Mali.

Published: December 10, 2024

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Abstract  

Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas are rare with an estimated incidence of 1 to 2 per 100000 inhabitants. We report the case of a non-functional neuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreas in a 23-year-old patient, with no medical and surgical history, admitted to the Sikasso referral health center for a painful epigastric mass. Programmed for antropyloric tumor of the stomach or mesenteric, the intraoperative diagnosis was a tumor of the body of the pancreas of incidental discovery. Treatment consisted of tumor excision by enucleation of the tumor. Histopathological examination of the tumour revealed non-functional neuroendocrine carcinoma. The discovery of such a rare pathology in our health center motivated this work.

Our objective was to report this clinical case and to make a clarification within our health structure.

Keywords: Neuroendocrine carcinoma; non-functional; Pancreas; Sikasso Ref

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