Insulinoma:proposal of a new case

The paper deals with a neuro endocrinous carcinoma of rectum, a highly aggressive histological variety of cancer rarely found in this topography.The patients was a 79 year old woman carrying a TNM stage IV.Yhe operation performed consisted of a low anterior oncological resection of rectum. Inmediate evolution showed rapid progression of lesion and the exploratory laparostomy performed 4 months later showed gastric infiltration thereby.It was therefore decided to proceed no further. In addition the paper contains an analysis of the various factors involved in prognosis of this condition