Laparoscopic resection of a pancreatic polypeptidoma with a solitary liver metastasis.

Abstract	Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor is an uncommon disease, and surgery is the only potentially curative treatment even when there is hepatic metastasis. A patient undergoing concomitant laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and hepatectomy for pancreatic polypeptidoma with a solitary liver metastasis is reported.
Authors	W-F Chan, C-Y Lo, C-M Lo, S-T Fan
Journal	Surgical endoscopy (Surg Endosc) Vol. 18 Issue 3 Pg. 554-6 (Mar 2004) ISSN: 1432-2218 [Electronic] Germany
PMID	15115015 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References	Radiopharmaceuticals Pancreatic Polypeptide Octreotide
Topics	Carcinoma, Islet Cell (diagnosis, metabolism, pathology, secondary, surgery) Diagnostic Imaging Female Humans Laparoscopy (methods) Liver Neoplasms (diagnosis, secondary, surgery) Lymphatic Metastasis Middle Aged Octreotide Pancreatectomy (methods) Pancreatic Neoplasms (metabolism, pathology, surgery) Pancreatic Polypeptide (metabolism) Radiopharmaceuticals Splenectomy (methods) Tomography, X-Ray Computed Ultrasonography, Interventional

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