Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma.
10.14701/kjhbps.2013.17.1.34
- Author:
Jong Man KIM
1
;
Se Yeong KIM
;
Choon Hyuck David KWON
;
Jae Won JOH
;
Jae Berm PARK
;
Joon Hyeok LEE
;
Sung Joo KIM
;
Cheol Keun PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jw.joh@samsung.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Liver malignancy;
Hepatectomy;
Neuroendocrine carcinoma;
Chromogranin A
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine;
Cholangiocarcinoma;
Chromogranin A;
Female;
Hepatectomy;
Humans;
Liver;
Liver Neoplasms;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Recurrence
- From:Korean Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
2013;17(1):34-37
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 67-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital under suspicion of a hepatic tumor, which had been previously diagnosed to be an adenocarcinoma by fine needle aspiration. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large tumor measuring 9 cm in diameter in Couinaud's hepatic segments 4, 5, and 8. We diagnosed the patient to have primary liver cancer, and suspected intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma preoperatively. We performed a central hepatectomy. According to the immunohistochemical findings of the resected specimen, the tumor was diagnosed to be a primary neuroendocrine carcinoma in the liver. The patient is presently alive without recurrence at 3 months after hepatic resection.