A CASE REPORT OF PRIMARY HEPATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOUR

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Adity Sharma, Alankrita Deka

INTRODUCTION: Primary hepatic neuroendocrine tumours are rare. Excluding extrahepatic origin of the tumour with liver metastasis is

important.

A 55year old male complaining of weight loss, intermittent fever, anorexia for 2 months .No abnormality detected CASE REPORT: in routine

investigations. On whole body CT–scan a rounded solitary space occupying hepatic lesion measuring 3.5x 3.4 was seen. USG–guided FNAC was

done. MGG stain smear shows small round cells with high N–C ratio, stippled chromatin and indistinct nucleoli. Further, IC staining shows

positivity with synaptophysin and chromogranin A which confirms the diagnosis of primary neuroendocrine tumour of liver.

CONCLUSION: PHNEC should be considered as a possible differential diagnosis in management of hepatic tumours. Surgical resection must be

considered for curative treatment.