Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A case report

Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is occasionally found in patients with carcinoma (lung or gastrointestinal) or debilitating diseases. Definite diagnosis of NBTE should be performed by autopsy. It is difficult to diagnose NBTE if patients have no clinical signs of thromboembolism. Here, w...

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Main Authors: Ming-Hsing Lee, Yung-Hsiang Hsu, 李明勳, 許永祥
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X10000203
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spelling doaj-6b7a1abd4eab4af5aef983d8d4217ee12020-11-25T00:49:55ZengWileyKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences1607-551X2011-01-01271363810.1016/j.kjms.2010.06.001Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A case reportMing-Hsing LeeYung-Hsiang Hsu李明勳許永祥Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is occasionally found in patients with carcinoma (lung or gastrointestinal) or debilitating diseases. Definite diagnosis of NBTE should be performed by autopsy. It is difficult to diagnose NBTE if patients have no clinical signs of thromboembolism. Here, we present a case of primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with NBTE as proven by autopsy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X10000203Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditisPrimary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma
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author Ming-Hsing Lee
Yung-Hsiang Hsu
李明勳
許永祥
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Yung-Hsiang Hsu
李明勳
許永祥
Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A case report
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma
author_facet Ming-Hsing Lee
Yung-Hsiang Hsu
李明勳
許永祥
author_sort Ming-Hsing Lee
title Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A case report
title_short Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A case report
title_full Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A case report
title_fullStr Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A case report
title_sort primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: a case report
publisher Wiley
series Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
issn 1607-551X
publishDate 2011-01-01
description Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is occasionally found in patients with carcinoma (lung or gastrointestinal) or debilitating diseases. Definite diagnosis of NBTE should be performed by autopsy. It is difficult to diagnose NBTE if patients have no clinical signs of thromboembolism. Here, we present a case of primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with NBTE as proven by autopsy.
topic Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X10000203
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