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Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

versão On-line ISSN 2078-6751
versão impressa ISSN 1608-9693

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HIESGEN, Juliane  e  VARIAVA, Ebrahim. Neuroendocrine tumour in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 and HIV. South. Afr. j. HIV med. (Online) [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.1, pp.1-4. ISSN 2078-6751.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/SAJHIVMED.V16I1.323.

We report the case of an HIV-positive female patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 who was treated for recurrent peptic ulcer disease and later developed diabetes mellitus and chronic diarrhoea. A metastasising somatostatinoma was histologically proven and evidence of a concomitant gastrin-producing neuroendocrine tumour was found. Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are very rare neoplasms originating from a wide variety of endocrine and nervous system tissue with the ability to produce different hormones. A somatostatin- and gastrin-secreting NET in a patient with HIV has not been reported in the literature, to the best of our knowledge. We discuss oncogenic pathomechanisms related to the underlying conditions and propose stringent monitoring for tumours in HIV-positive patients with phakomatoses as well as initiation of antiretroviral therapy.

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