A case of vasoactive intestinal peptide-secreting tumor (VIPoma) arising from MEN1 inactivation which recurred 15 years after the initial resection

Endocr J. 2023 Mar 9. doi: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ22-0578. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTVasoactive intestinal peptide-secreting tumors (VIPomas) are extremely rare functional pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (p-NENs) characterized by watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria. Here, we report the case of a 51-year-old female patient with VIPoma that recurred after a long-term disease-free interval. This patient had been asymptomatic for approximately 15 years after the initial curative surgery for pancreatic VIPoma, with no metastasis. The patient underwent a second curative surgery for the locally recurrent VIPoma. Whole-exome sequencing of the resected tumor revealed a somatic mutation in MEN1, which is reportedly responsible not only for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome but also sporadic p-NENs. Symptoms were controlled with lanreotide before and after surgery. The patient is alive with no relapse following 14 months after surgery. This case demonstrates the importance of long-term observation of patients with VIPoma.PMID:36889692 | DOI:10.1507/endocrj.EJ22-0578
Source: Endocrine Journal - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Source Type: research