%0 Journal Article %T Tumor neuroendocrino primario del h¨ªgado: histopatolog¨ªa e inmunohistoqu¨ªmica de tres casos confirmados por autopsia %A Mita-Alb¨¢n %A Luis Carlos %A Casco-Jarqu¨ªn %A Ana Mar¨ªa %A ¨¢lvarez-Ram¨ªrez %A Rodrigo %A Ram¨ªrez-Corrales %A Jos¨¦ Alberto %J Acta M¨¦dica Costarricense %D 2003 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X a primary hepatic carcinoid tumor (phct) is an uncommon finding. there are few reports of primary hepatic carcinoid tumors, and less confirmed with a complete autopsy. from march 2000 to april 2001 we found 3 cases of phct in terminal phase with an atypical histologic pattern . each case was positive to a wide variety of inmuno histochemical markers . all of them were confirmed by an autopsy. these neoplasies can be detected by reliable diagnostic tools such as the urinary excretion of 5 oh indolacetic acids. %K h¨ªgado %K carcinoide %K neuroendocrino %K inmunohistoqu¨ªmica. %U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0001-60022003000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en