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Primary hepatic carcinoid tumor.
OBJECTIVES To describe a rare case of primary carcinoid tumor of the liver and its management. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTIONS A 44-year-old Nigerian male presented with a big inoperable liver mass, which proved to be a carcinoid tumor by fine needle aspiration cytology. Extensive search for a primary lesion including laparotomy and peroperative ultrasound failed to find a primary les...
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Primary Hepatic Carcinoid Tumor (PHCT) represents an extremely rare clinical entity with only a few cases reported to date. These tumors are rarely associated with metastasis and surgical resection is usually curative. Herein, we report two cases of PHCT associated with poor outcomes due to late diagnosis. Both cases presented late with non-specific symptoms. One patient presented after a 2-wee...
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BACKGROUND: Primary hepatic carcinoid tumor is rare and poses a challenge for diagnosis and management. We presented a case of Primary hepatic carcinoid tumor in a 70-year –old male with a complaint of right upper abdominal pain. Computer tomography scans revealed a hyper vascular mass in segment 5, 6th and 8 of the liver. An ultrasonography –guided biopsy showed a carcinoid tumor.No other lesi...
متن کاملPrimary hepatic carcinoid tumor: case report and literature review
Primary hepatic carcinoid tumors are extremely rare neoplasms derived from hormone-producing neuroendocrine cells. It is difficult to make their diagnosis before biopsy, surgical resection or necropsy. A recent publication described only 94 cases of these tumors. There is no sex predilection and apparently it has no association with cirrhosis or preexisting hepatic disease. The most effective t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Principles and Practice
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1011-7571,1423-0151
DOI: 10.1159/000085753