Zheng Christie, Al Shabeeb Reem, Shah Dipam, Sardana Nitin
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA.
Department of Internal Medicine, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA.
ACG Case Rep J. 2023 Sep 21;10(9):e01147. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001147. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare malignant tumors that arise from neuroendocrine cells throughout the body, most commonly in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts. We report a case of well-differentiated grade 2 NET with a computed tomography scan showing multiple liver lesions consistent with the liver lesions seen 11 years before diagnosis. This case highlights the possibility of an indolent or prolonged clinical course of metastatic NET with an unknown primary vs primary hepatic NET.
神经内分泌肿瘤（NETs）是一种罕见的恶性肿瘤，起源于全身的神经内分泌细胞，最常见于胃肠道和呼吸道。我们报告一例2级高分化NET病例，计算机断层扫描显示多个肝脏病变，与诊断前11年所见的肝脏病变一致。该病例突出了转移性NET伴未知原发灶与原发性肝NET具有惰性或延长临床病程的可能性。
