Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor with Hepatic Metastasis Misdiagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma
10.3904/kjm.2019.94.5.449
- Author:
Seul Ki KIM
1
;
Sang Chul KIM
;
Seok Gyo SEO
;
Hong Joo KIM
;
Yong Kyun CHO
;
Woo Kyu JEON
;
Byung Ik KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. bik.kim@samsung.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neuroendocrine tumors;
Hepatocellular carcinoma;
Diagnostic errors
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular;
Diagnostic Errors;
Liver;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Neuroendocrine Tumors
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2019;94(5):449-454
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The liver is the most common site of metastasis of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Gastroenteropancreatic (GEP)-NETs are rare, and the distinction between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and metastatic NET can be difficult due to the similarity of their histological characteristics. Herein, we report a case of GEP-NET with hepatic metastasis, which was first misdiagnosed as HCC by liver biopsy and subsequently re-diagnosed after surgery as primary GEP-NET.
