[Primary neuroendocrine tumor in the intrahepatic bile ducts: a rare finding in an asymptomatic patient].
Neuroendocrine tumors of the biliary tree are rare. In all cases except one, diagnosis was made in symptomatic patients. We report a case of an asymptomatic intrahepatic bile duct neuroendocrine tumor in a 74-year old man. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of an asymptomatic intrahepatic bile duct neuroendocrine tumor. Diagnosis was only made by anatomopathological examination of the tumor after resection. Systemic and immunohistochemical hormonal screening was negative. Twenty months after surgery, the patient was asymptomatic and there was no recurrence.
Baldini
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Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Vidéochirurgie et Transplantation Hépatique, Hôpital de L'Archet 2, Université de Nice, Sophia-Antipolis.
Gugenheim
J
J
Tran
A
A
Spinelli
R
R
Ouzan
D
D
Saint-Paul
M C
MC
Fabiani
P
P
Mouiel
J
J
D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Tumeur neuro-endocrine primitive des voies biliaires intrahépatiques: une découverte exceptionnelle chez un malade asymptomatique.