Hepatic Artery Chemoembolization for Management of Patient with Advanced Metastatic Carcinoid Tumor: A Case Report

authors:

avatar KS Aljabri 1 , * , avatar H Raef 2

Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Mansour Hospital, khalidsaljabri@yahoo.com, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Division of Endocrinology,Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

How To Cite Aljabri K, Raef H. Hepatic Artery Chemoembolization for Management of Patient with Advanced Metastatic Carcinoid Tumor: A Case Report. Int J Endocrinol Metab. 2007;5(2): 105-108. 

Abstract

Liver metastases from carcinoid tumors are usu-ally diffuse at the time of diagnosis, and surgical resection is rarely feasible. The development and clinical application of an analog of soma-tostatin has provided a novel and frequently highly effective tool for control of carcinoid tu-mors; most patients however, become resistant to this therapy. Arterial hypervascularization of most liver metastases from carcinoid tumor ar-gues in favor of hepatic arterial chemoemboliza-tion. We report here a patient with carcinoid tu-mor with liver metastasis who has substantial tumor regression with hepatic artery chemoem-bolization

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