Liver metastasis nineteen years after surgery for typical bronchial carcinoid.
A resected case of metastatic liver carcinoid is presented. A 62 year-old woman, who had undergone removal of a typical bronchial carcinoid 19 years before, was found to have a well-defined, oval hepatic tumor on ultrasonography. The resected specimen was a hard and solid tumor, which was microscopically diagnosed as a carcinoid. Histological review of the previously resected lung tumor revealed that the liver tumor was a metastasis from the primary bronchial carcinoid. The patient is alive without recurrence 42 months after hepatectomy. This case suggests that typical bronchial carcinoid, a slowly growing tumor, may metastasize to distant sites after many years, and that re-excision of metastatic lesions may prolong survival time.
Mokuno
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Department of Surgery, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Japan.
Katoh
T
T
Yoshida
K
K
Kamiya
S
S
Chigira
H
H
Maeda
M
M
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012086:Reoperation