TY - JOUR
T1 - An 18-year follow-up of primary hepatic carcinoid with carcinoid syndrome
AU - Mehta, Dhiren C.
AU - Pichel Warner, Richard R.
AU - Parnes, Irving
AU - Weiss, Marshall
PY - 1996/7
Y1 - 1996/7
N2 - Primary hepatic carcinoid is extremely rare. Although one of the 18 previously reported cases was accompanied by clinical features of carcinoid syndrome, no patient manifested these features as the presenting complaint, as was true in our case. During the 18 years this patient has been followed, she has been treated with most of the major therapeutic methods, including systemic chemotherapy, hepatic artery chemoembolus injection, extended right hepatic lobectomy, and, eventually, more systemic chemotherapy and octreotide. She continues to be nearly asymptomatic and is still working. We present the results of extensive chemical and hormonal assays, briefly summarize the primary hepatic carcinoids reported previously, and review therapy of this disease.
AB - Primary hepatic carcinoid is extremely rare. Although one of the 18 previously reported cases was accompanied by clinical features of carcinoid syndrome, no patient manifested these features as the presenting complaint, as was true in our case. During the 18 years this patient has been followed, she has been treated with most of the major therapeutic methods, including systemic chemotherapy, hepatic artery chemoembolus injection, extended right hepatic lobectomy, and, eventually, more systemic chemotherapy and octreotide. She continues to be nearly asymptomatic and is still working. We present the results of extensive chemical and hormonal assays, briefly summarize the primary hepatic carcinoids reported previously, and review therapy of this disease.
KW - Carcinoid syndrome
KW - Long-term survival
KW - Primary hepatic carcinoid
KW - Therapy
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U2 - 10.1097/00004836-199607000-00017
DO - 10.1097/00004836-199607000-00017
M3 - Article
C2 - 8835904
AN - SCOPUS:8944243079
SN - 0192-0790
VL - 23
SP - 60
EP - 62
JO - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
JF - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
IS - 1
ER -