title: Ampullary carcinoid tumor presenting as acute pancreatitis in a patient with von Recklinghausen's disease: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A patient with von Recklinghausen syndrome presented with multiple attacks of pancreatitis. Evaluation using computed tomography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and endosonography revealed an ampullary carcinoid. The patient underwent a pylorus-sparing Whipple resection, and is doing well after 30 months of follow-up. This is the second reported case of ampullary carcinoid presenting with pancreatitis in a patient with von Recklinghausen syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mayoral
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salcedo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Al-Kawas
mesh_terms: D014670:Ampulla of Vater; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*