Laparoscopic resection of a pancreatic polypeptidoma with a solitary liver metastasis.
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.
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Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
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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
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide; D015282:Octreotide