Diagnosis and treatment of primary hepaticcarcinoid tumor
He Jiefeng
Zhao Haoliang
Dong Xiushan
Abstract：Objective To discuss the diagnosis and treatment of primary hepatic carcinoid tumor (PHCT).Methods One case of PHCT recently was treated in our hospital,and the other 35 cases PHCT received surgery which were published in Chinese biological and medical literature database were analyzed retrospectively.Results The clinical characteristics of the patients with PHCT were upper abdominal pain (16 cases),abdominal mass (13 cases),hepatomegaly (20 cases),few existing carcinoid syndrome (5 cases),with preoperative misdiagnosis rate 86.1％ (31/36),and postoperative pathology confirmed the diagnosis of liver cancer.A follow-up record after 5 year survival rate was 69.6％ (16/23).Conclusions PHCT is very rare in clinic.High misdiagnosis rate is high in clinic.Its diagnosis depends on pathological and immunohistochemical examination.Operation resection is the best treatment for PHCT and the prognosis of PHCT is good.
Keywords：Primary hepatic carcinoid tumorDiagnosisTreatment
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 680-682 )