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Corticotropin secreting pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour, a therapeutic management challenge. A presentation of 2 cases
Tumor neuroendocrino pancreático secretor de corticotropina, un reto en el manejo terapéutico. A propósito de 2 casos
Andreu Simó-Servata,
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, Inma Peirób,c, Carles Villabonaa
a Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge (HUB), l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
b Unidad Funcional de Nutrición Clínica, Institut Català d’Oncologia (ICO), l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
c Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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three years after the diagnosis&#44; and a second case initially manifesting with evident CS&#46;</p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Case 1</span><p id="par0010" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A 57-year-old male was diagnosed in 2011 with well-differentiated pNET measuring 2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm in size in the tail of the pancreas &#40;pT2N0&#44; grade 2 with Ki67 15&#37;&#41; and subjected to subtotal pancreatectomy and splenectomy&#44; with no signs of CS&#46; In December 2012&#44; he suffered local recurrence and liver metastases&#46; In June 2013&#44; enucleation of the pancreatic head and liver radiofrequency ablation or alcoholization was performed&#44; according to the type of lesion&#46; However&#44; due to hepatic progression of the disease&#44; lanreotide was started in October 2013 &#40;120<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;28<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>days&#41;&#44; together with spironolactone in view of a tendency toward hypertension &#40;50<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;day&#41;&#46; In October 2014&#44; due to hepatic progression&#44; lanreotide was replaced by everolimus 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;day&#44; administered from February 2015 to March 2016&#44; with a partial response&#46; In parallel&#44; in November 2014 the patient developed paraneoplastic CS with a worsening general condition&#44; asthenia&#44; myopathy&#44; anasarca&#44; diabetes mellitus&#44; hypertensive crisis&#44; bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism and severe hypokalemia &#40;2&#46;19&#46;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mmol&#47;l&#41; with metabolic alkalosis&#46; The physical examination revealed facial flushing and hyperpigmentation&#46; Plasma ACTH was 122<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;ml &#91;normal range &#40;NR&#41;&#58; 10&#8211;60&#93;&#44; with serum cortisol 29&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;dl &#91;NR&#58; 10&#8211;25&#93; and urinary free cortisol &#40;UFC&#41; 143&#46;8<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;day &#91;NR&#58; 20&#8211;100&#93;&#46; Computed tomography &#40;CT&#41; showed bilateral adrenal gland hyperplasia&#46; In view of these findings&#44; ketoconazole was started but subsequently replaced by metyrapone due to toxic hepatitis &#40;2000&#8211;4000<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;day&#41;&#46; Because of poor control of hypercortisolism&#44; in September 2016 embolization was performed&#44; but only of the left adrenal gland due to problems with vascular access to the right gland&#44; with a subsequent persistence of high ACTH &#40;970<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;ml&#41; and plasma cortisol levels &#40;63&#46;3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;dl&#41;&#46; In addition&#44; in April and July 2016 chemoembolization &#40;CE&#41; was indicated in two sessions due to metastatic liver progression&#46; Radiologically&#44; signs of liver disease progression continued and a metastatic lytic lesion appeared in L1&#46; A tyrosine kinase inhibitor &#40;lenvatinib&#41; was started in February 2017&#44; with a partial response&#46; The CT study in January 2018 showed the tumour with no radiographic progression but with an elevated ACTH concentration of 676<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;ml&#44; serum cortisol 25&#46;6<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;dl and UFC 766&#46;7<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;day&#44; under treatment with lenvatinib and metyrapone&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Case 2</span><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A 50-year-old woman was diagnosed with CS in 2014 secondary to ectopic ACTH secretion due to a well-differentiated pNET &#40;grade 2&#44; with Ki67 15&#37;&#41;&#44; and non-resectable liver metastases&#46; She suffered from postural instability&#44; asthenia and proximal muscle weakness&#46; The physical examination revealed abdominal bloating&#44; hyperpigmentation&#44; hirsutism&#44; and acne&#46; The laboratory tests revealed a plasma ACTH concentration of 1085<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;ml&#44; serum cortisol 30<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;dl and UFC 3900<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;24<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>h&#44; with no evidence of slowing in low and high dose dexamethasone suppression testing&#46; The CT scan revealed a solid tumour in the isthmus-head of the pancreas&#44; with liver dissemination&#46; Scintigraphy for somatostatin receptors proved positive in the head of the pancreas&#46; Chemoembolization of the metastases was performed&#44; a stent was placed in the portal vein&#44; and ketoconazole and spironolactone were started for the control of CS&#46; However&#44; a plasma ACTH level of 758&#46;34<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;ml persisted&#44; with UFC 664<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;day&#44; and bilateral adrenalectomy was indicated &#40;June 2015&#41;&#46; In view of the above&#44; in January 2016 chemotherapy &#40;streptozocin and 5-fluorouracil&#41; was started&#44; ending in April due to liver progression after three cycles&#46; Sunitinib &#40;37&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#47;day&#41; was started in May&#46;</p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The CT scan in January 2018 showed no evidence of radiographic progression&#44; but ACTH remained high &#40;4700<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;ml&#41;&#44; with UFC 132<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;day under replacement therapy with hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Discussion</span><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The aim of treatment in non-resectable ACTH-secreting pNETs is biochemical control of CS and the prevention of disease progression&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> Serum chromogranin is the general biochemical marker for monitoring tumour progression&#46; However&#44; when the tumour is functional&#44; the excess hormone is also a progression marker&#46; Thus&#44; in the rare cases of pNETs that produce ACTH&#44; as in our patients&#44; a parallel relationship is observed between the ACTH and chromogranin levels&#44; depending on the functionality of the tumour &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>&#41;&#46; Inadequate control of hypercortisolism is indicative of a poor prognosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;3&#44;6</span></a> It is advisable to control this alteration before treatment is started&#46; In tumours expressing SSTR-2 and SSTR-5&#44; somatostatin analogs are a therapeutic strategy for stabilizing tumour growth and lowering hormone secretion&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> Another therapeutic option for hypercortisolemia is metyrapone or ketoconazole&#44; as well as bilateral adrenalectomy&#44; 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In the first initially non-functioning case&#44; ACTH hyperfunction developed after three years&#44; and repeat histological study of the metastatic foci proved helpful in defining the biological behavior of the tumour&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a></p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">It can be concluded that evidence-based treatment decisions are lacking for ACTH-secreting pNETs&#46; In the described cases&#44; treatment changes were made without a fully effective response&#46; Randomized clinical trials are needed to establish the best treatment options&#44; since short case series such as our own are currently the only source of scientific evidence&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0020">Conflicts of interest</span><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors state that they have no conflicts of interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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