COINCIDENTAL FINDING OF HEPATIC CARCINOID MICROMETASTASES DURING ROUTINE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
RIXEN D KOHLER L TROIDL H
Citation
D. Rixen et al., COINCIDENTAL FINDING OF HEPATIC CARCINOID MICROMETASTASES DURING ROUTINE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Surgical endoscopy, 12(3), 1998, pp. 281-282
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09302794
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
281 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-2794(1998)12:3<281:CFOHCM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A case of a coincidental finding of hepatic carcinoid micrometastases, barely visible to the eye, during routine laparoscopic cholecystectom y is reported, The micrometastases were possibly recognized as a resul t of a beneficial aspect of laparoscopic surgery, namely the >10x enla rgement of tissue/pathologic structures.