Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor With Cystic Hepatic Metastases Mimicking Hepatic Echinococcosis: A Case Report

Metastatic gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors classically appear as contrast -enhancing lesions on computed tomography. However, in a small percentage of patients, these lesions can be cystic in nature, leading to false diagnoses of benign or infectious lesions such as echinococcosis. Hence, every cystic lesion of the liver must be carefully investigated before making the treatment plan. We report a patient with hematemesis caused by a large gastric ulcer with multiple cystic lesions in the left lobe of the liver abutting the stomach. The liver lesions were misdiagnosed as hepatic echinococcosis, and the patient was started on medical therapy. However, when medical therapy failed, the patient underwent surgical excision and the histopathology showed cystic metastases of a gastric neuroendocrine tumor.