[A case of pancreatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma surviving 8 years and 5 months with treatments for multiple liver tumors diagnosed as carcinoid tumor]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Jun;38(6):1043-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The case was a 58-year-old woman who visited our hospital for a thorough examination after multiple liver tumors were found in her at a nearby hospital. By liver tumor biopsy, we diagnosed them as carcinoid. Bone scintigraphy showed an abnormal accumulation in the external left scapula and in both of her hip joints, but the primary lesion was unclear. She died 8 years and 5 months after disease onset from deterioration of liver lesions, inspite of our treatments, such as gemcitabine administration of systemic chemotherapy, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for liver lesions, and radiation therapy for bone lesions. Pathological anatomy suggested a pancreatic, well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoid Tumor / drug therapy
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / radiotherapy
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents