Open AccessSurgical resection of hepatic and cardiac neuroendocrine metastases from a caecal primary tumour
Author(s) -
James M. Williamson,
Jonathan Anderson,
Duncan Spalding
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/003588414x13814021676954
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , neuroendocrine tumour , carcinoid syndrome , neuroendocrine tumors , carcinoid heart disease , carcinoid tumour , neuroendocrine carcinoma , lesion , metastatic lesion , radiology , metastasis , surgery , pathology , cancer , carcinoma
A 66-year-old patient had an incidentally detected caecal neuroendocrine tumour that had metastasised to the liver and left atrium. He was asymptomatic with regard to this tumour and did not have carcinoid syndrome. Resection of the primary tumour and the metastatic deposits (with the ablation of one lesion) is thought to be curative.