title: Laparoscopic resection of a pancreatic polypeptidoma with a solitary liver metastasis.
abstract: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor is an uncommon disease, and surgery is the only potentially curative treatment even when there is hepatic metastasis. A patient undergoing concomitant laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and hepatectomy for pancreatic polypeptidoma with a solitary liver metastasis is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: W-F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: C-Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: C-M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: S-T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D018273:Carcinoma, Islet Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D015282:Octreotide; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide; D015282:Octreotide