Abstract:
:Liver cancer is a common malignant disease in China, while the primary hepatic neuroendocrine tumor (PHNET) is extremely rare presented with various manifestations. We herein describe an interesting PHNET case, which was clinically diagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) based on strong clinical evidence and the national guideline, but confirmed to be PHNET by pathology. A42-year-old Chinese male was admitted for persistent upper abdominal pain, and CT scan revealed a huge liver tumor in the left lobe. The tumor presented attributes of tumor rupture, portal vein tumor thrombus, elevated serum AFP level, background hepatitis B virus infection history, and radiological features mimicking typical HCC. After left semi-hepatectomy was performed for curative treatment of the primary "HCC", the pathology demonstrated the correct diagnosis be poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC). The immunohistochemistry assays showed positive neuroendocrine markers of CgA and Syn and negative HCC markers of Hep Par 1 and GPC3, ruling out concurrent HCC. This case and literature review suggest that in spite of rare incidence, PHNET should be considered as a possible diagnosis when lacking a confirmative pathology result, even when sufficient evidence of typical presentation exist to establish the clinical diagnosis of HCC.
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Onco Targets Therjournal_title
OncoTargets and therapyauthors
Huang HF,Jin PP,Yang HJ,Zhang CJ,Zhang X,Wang JS,Yu JJ,Zhang B,Zhang Y,Hu QDdoi
10.2147/OTT.S236728subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-02-03 00:00:00pages
975-979issn
1178-6930pii
236728journal_volume
13pub_type
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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doi:10.2147/OTT.S134589
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-02-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S92769
更新日期:2015-11-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S190934
更新日期:2019-04-17 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S106513
更新日期:2016-07-19 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-11-09 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type:
doi:10.2147/OTT.S161360
更新日期:2018-08-31 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S84764
更新日期:2015-05-26 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-07-19 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-04-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S86807
更新日期:2015-08-27 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S10155
更新日期:2010-12-17 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S166878
更新日期:2018-10-25 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/ott.s9774
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S86502
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2021-01-12 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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