PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Theakarajan Rajendran
AU  - Bhavana Katta
AU  - Oseen Hajilal Shaikh
AU  - Uday Shamrao Kumbhar
TI  - Small cell carcinoma of the pancreas: a rare neuroendocrine tumour
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2020-235397
DP  - 2020 Jul 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e235397
VI  - 13
IP  - 7
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/7/e235397.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/7/e235397.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2020 Jul 01; 13
AB  - Primary small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the pancreas is a rare disease with poor prognosis. Very few cases have been reported in the literature. It is a type of poorly differentiated variety of neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas with specific immunohistochemical markers. Imaging is not diagnostic for disease, and diagnosis is mainly by biopsy. We report a rare case of SCC of the pancreas who presented with features of obstructive jaundice without any paraneoplastic features. The patient is planned for palliative chemotherapy because of metastasis and is under regular follow-up.