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01 July 2023 : Case report  Japan

Primary Presacral Neuroendocrine Tumor Presenting as Multiple Liver Metastasis: A Case Report

Rare disease

Takafumi Watanabe1ABDEF*, Seitetsu Yoon1ABDEG, Kohei Yamakawa2ADEFG, Toshiki Hyodo34BD, Kenta Izaki5BDF, Hirofumi Okada1A, Yutaka Shirakawa1A, Chikara Ebisutani16AE, Yoshio Sakamoto1A, Shigeya Hirohata1A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.939614

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e939614

Figure 7. Pathological examination of the presacral tumor revealing tumor cells with a 4.5% Ki-67-positive cell ratio, which were positive for synaptophysin and negative for chromogranin A, similar to the NET in the liver. The upper left shows HE, the upper right shows synaptophysin, the lower left shows chromogranin A, and the lower right shows Ki-67. Scale bars, 100 μm (low-power field) and 20 μm (high-power field). NET – neuroendocrine tumor, HE – hematoxylin-eosin staining.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923