Pu GC, Li M, Wang M, Zhang S, Yang Q. Hepatic neuroendocrine tumor: A case report and literature review.
Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2020;
28:301-307. [DOI:
10.11569/wcjd.v28.i8.301]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
A hepatic neuroendocrine tumor was diagnosed in a patient who was suspected to have a malignant tumor of the liver and underwent tumor resection. Understanding the characteristics of primary and metastatic neuroendocrine tumors has good guiding significance for clinical treatment of this disease.
CASE SUMMARY
A 56-year-old male patient had a liver-occupying lesion found in the routine physical examination. Abdominal contrast-enhanced CT suggested that the liver lesion may be a metastasis from a gastric mass. Intraoperative frozen pathological examination suggested a gastric spindle cell tumor. The liver mass was removed completely, and the pathological result revealed a neuroendocrine tumor (G2). The patient recovered well after surgery and was discharged at the fifth day after surgery.
CONCLUSION
We have reported a case of hepatic metastatic neuroendocrine tumor. Since it was difficult to distinguish between hepatic metastatic neuroendocrine tumor and hepatic carcinoma preoperatively, the complete resection of the liver tumor was performed, and the postoperative pathological examination resulted in a clear diagnosis. We therefore review the relevant literature to summarize the clinical characteristics, therapy, and prognosis of primary and metastatic neuroendocrine tumors of the liver, in order to have a deeper understanding of this disease and providence evidence for clinical decisions.
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