An infertile female delivered a baby after removal of primary renal carcinoid tumor.

Primary renal carcinoid tumors are exceedingly rare. We report a 37-year-old woman with primary infertility, who was found to have a primary renal carcinoid tumor. She became pregnant and gave birth to a baby after removal of the tumor. This is the first case in the English literature of primary renal carcinoid tumor related with primary infertility.

Tumor carcinoide primario de ovario. Reporte de caso / Primary ovarian carcinoid tumor. Case report / Primary ovarian carcinoid tumor. Case report

RESUMEN Los tumores neuroendocrinos primarios del ovario son raros y consisten en un grupo de neoplasias heterogéneas que expresan marcadores inmunohistoquímicos similares. Los tumores carcinoides son las neoplasias neuroendocrinas más comunes, la mayoría surgen en el tracto gastrointestinal y broncopulmonar. Los tumores carcinoides primarios del ovario son entidades raras que representan aproximadamente 0,3% de todos los tumores carcinoides y menos del 0,1% de todas las neoplasias ováricas, con buen pronóstico y generalmente limitados al parénquima ovárico. Estos tumores surgen del sistema de células neuroendocrinas del estroma, epitelio superficial y teratomas ováricos. Las manifestaciones clínicas, en la mayoría de los casos, están asociadas con liberación de sustancias vasoactivas que causan síntomas, como enrojecimiento cutáneo, diarrea y broncoespasmo. Para realizar el diagnóstico es necesario el uso de imágenes radiológicas multimodales y análisis bioquímicos de marcadores tumorales neuroendocrinos. El tratamiento de primera línea es la resección del tumor siempre que sea posible. El pronóstico es generalmente favorable, excepto en algunos casos con metástasis. Se presenta un caso de tumor carcinoide primario de ovario.

ABSTRACT Primary neuroendocrine tumors are rare. They belong to a group of heterogeneous neoplasms that express similar immunohistochemical markers. Carcinoid tumors are the most common neuroendocrine neoplasms. Most of them arise in the gastrointestinal and bronchopulmonary tract. Primary carcinoid tumors of the ovary are rare entities that represent approximately 0.3% of all carcinoid tumors and less than 0.1% of all ovarian neoplasms, with good prognosis and generally limited to the ovarian parenchyma. These tumors arise from the ovarian stromal neuroendocrine cell system, superficial epithelium, and teratomas. In most cases, clinical manifestations are associated with the release of vasoactive substances that cause symptoms such as skin redness, diarrhea, and bronchospasm. For diagnosis it is necessary to use multimodal radiological images and biochemical analysis of neuroendocrine tumor markers. First-line treatment is tumor resection whenever possible. Prognosis is generally favorable, except in some cases with metastases. A case of primary ovarian carcinoid tumor is presented.

Primary Hepatic Carcinoid Tumor: A case report / 한국간담췌외과학회지

A case of primary carcinoid tumor of the liver with striking central fibrous scar in a 61-year-old male is reported. Tumor cells contained electron dense secretory granules with an average diameter 150~200 nm which demonstrated positive immunohistochemical reaction for neuron-specific enolase, synaptophysin and chromogranin. The stellate central scar was observed in various hepatic tumors including focal nodular hyperplasia, fibrolamellar carcinoma, or sclerosing hepatocellular carcinoma, but have not been reported in carcinoid tumor.