Vinay K¹, Balaji Jayasankar²* and Sonali V Huilgol³

¹Consultant Surgeon, Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysore, India
²Registrar, General and Colorectal Surgery, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS, United Kingdom
³Consultant Surgeon, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore, India

*Corresponding Author: Balaji Jayasankar, Registrar, General and Colorectal Surgery, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS, United Kingdom.

Received: March 24, 2021; Published: May 28, 2021

Abstract

Introduction: There is limited data available on epidemiology and clinicopathological patterns of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP NET) in India. Due to increased availability of advanced endoscopic and radiological imaging, the diagnosis of benign and incidentally identified lesions has also increased over the past decades. Curative surgery is often not feasible since most patients present with metastases at diagnosis. We sought to study the demographics and the behaviour of the tumour.

Methods: The present study is an ambispective study of 25 patients diagnosed to have GEP NETs, treated at over a period of 5 years. Our study focussed on the distribution, epidemiology, treatment and outcomes.

Results: The mean age of presentation was 51 years with a female preponderance of 52%. Most common site of origin was pancreas (56%) followed by duodenum (32%). Abdominal pain (68%) was the most common clinical presentation followed by vomiting (8%). 17 patients underwent surgery or endoscopic resection. 8 patients underwent medical management. All 25 patients survived and discharged from hospital after respective treatment. There were no deaths recorded in these patients during the hospital stay, however on follow up 5 patients reported mortality in a span of 18 months.

Conclusion: The majority of GEP NET will benefit with a timely surgical intervention along with a sustained medical management. A more robust epidemiological study will help us to understand the burden of this disease better amongst our population.

Keywords: Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours (GEP NET); Duodenum; Abdominal Pain

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Citation

Citation: Balaji Jayasankar., et al. “An Analysis of Gastroentereopancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India”. Acta Scientific Gastrointestinal Disorders 4.6 (2021): 74-77.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2021 Balaji Jayasankar., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.