Giant Hepatic Carcinoid: A Rare Tumor with a Favorable Prognosis
Primary hepatic carcinoids are rare tumors that are often diagnosed at a locally advanced stage. Their primary nature can only be ascertained after thorough investigations and long-term follow-up to exclude another primary origin. As with secondary neuroendocrine liver tumors, surgical resection rem...
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| author | Serge Landen Maxime Elens Celine Vrancken Frederiek Nuytens Thibault Meert Veronique Delugeau |
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| description | Primary hepatic carcinoids are rare tumors that are often diagnosed at a locally advanced stage. Their primary nature can only be ascertained after thorough investigations and long-term follow-up to exclude another primary origin. As with secondary neuroendocrine liver tumors, surgical resection remains the mainstay of therapy. Despite their large size and often central location liver resection is often feasible, offering long-term survival and cure to most patients. In selected patients liver transplantation appears to be a good indication for tumors not amenable to liver resection. An aggressive surgical attitude is therefore warranted. We report a large and unusually fast-growing liver carcinoid that appeared only marginally resectable in a patient who remains free of disease four years after surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4ae1005d2860412296c8227c9441973c2025-02-03T01:30:58ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192014-01-01201410.1155/2014/456509456509Giant Hepatic Carcinoid: A Rare Tumor with a Favorable PrognosisSerge Landen0Maxime Elens1Celine Vrancken2Frederiek Nuytens3Thibault Meert4Veronique Delugeau5Department of Surgery, St Elizabeth Hospital, Avenue De Fré 206, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Surgery, St Elizabeth Hospital, Avenue De Fré 206, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Surgery, St Elizabeth Hospital, Avenue De Fré 206, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Surgery, St Elizabeth Hospital, Avenue De Fré 206, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Surgery, St Elizabeth Hospital, Avenue De Fré 206, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Medicine, Clinique La Ramée, Avenue Boetendael 34, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumPrimary hepatic carcinoids are rare tumors that are often diagnosed at a locally advanced stage. Their primary nature can only be ascertained after thorough investigations and long-term follow-up to exclude another primary origin. As with secondary neuroendocrine liver tumors, surgical resection remains the mainstay of therapy. Despite their large size and often central location liver resection is often feasible, offering long-term survival and cure to most patients. In selected patients liver transplantation appears to be a good indication for tumors not amenable to liver resection. An aggressive surgical attitude is therefore warranted. We report a large and unusually fast-growing liver carcinoid that appeared only marginally resectable in a patient who remains free of disease four years after surgery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/456509 |
| spellingShingle | Serge Landen Maxime Elens Celine Vrancken Frederiek Nuytens Thibault Meert Veronique Delugeau Giant Hepatic Carcinoid: A Rare Tumor with a Favorable Prognosis Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Giant Hepatic Carcinoid: A Rare Tumor with a Favorable Prognosis |
| title_full | Giant Hepatic Carcinoid: A Rare Tumor with a Favorable Prognosis |
| title_fullStr | Giant Hepatic Carcinoid: A Rare Tumor with a Favorable Prognosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant Hepatic Carcinoid: A Rare Tumor with a Favorable Prognosis |
| title_short | Giant Hepatic Carcinoid: A Rare Tumor with a Favorable Prognosis |
| title_sort | giant hepatic carcinoid a rare tumor with a favorable prognosis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/456509 |
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