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http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2013.84.3.405

Prolonged Neutropenia after Sunitinib Treatment in a Patient with a Glucagonoma and Multiple Hepatic Metastases  

Moon, Hong Ran (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital)
Choi, Ji Min (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital)
Jang, Dong Kee (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital)
Lee, Minjong (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital)
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The Korean Journal of Medicine / v.84, no.3, 2013 , pp. 405-410 More about this Journal
Abstract
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET) are rare, with approximately 2.2 in 1,000,000 people affected annually. In the classification of neuroendocrine tumors, glucagonomas are a functional PNET and comprise 1.6% of PNET. Glucagonoma syndrome is a paraneoplastic syndrome that is characterized by necrolytic migratory erythema, weight loss, anemia, and diabetes mellitus. Metastatic disease at presentation is common, but is often limited to the liver and regional lymph nodes. Sunitinib malate improves the progression-free and overall survival of PNET. This report presents a 45-year-old Asian woman with prolonged neutropenia after sunitinib treatment of a glucagonoma with multiple hepatic metastases. The severity of the neutropenia after the sunitinib treatment fluctuated from grade 1 to 4 repeatedly, with a non-febrile pattern. Ultimately, the patient did not recover from the neutropenia, even after stopping the sunitinib.
Keywords
Pancreas; Neuroendocrine tumors; Glucagonoma; Sunitinib; Neutropenia;
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