Neuroendocrine Tumor

Hi there,
I'm new here. Doctors diagnosed me with a neuroendocrine tumor in the terminal ileum with metastases to the liver at the beginning of this year. My surgery was in March. They removed the tumor along with some lymph nodes that were compromised and my gallbladder. Unfortunately, they could not debulc my liver nor resect it. I started the Lanreotide injections in April, and as per my recent CT scan, there are no new growths -except for a tiny one on the same spot the previous one was located- and things are staying in place. Although now I have a fatty liver. I'm not a drinker, nor I eat greasy food. Has anyone experienced this problem?
Thank you.

Hi @solaviera. Welcome to Mayo Connect. Sometimes fatty liver just happens. I pulled this from Mayo's website:

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, often called NAFLD, is a liver problem that affects people who drink little to no alcohol. In NAFLD, too much fat builds up in the liver. It is the most common form of liver disease in the world. A move is currently underway to change the name nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).

For me, cancer in my liver definitely contributed to the diagnosis. I hope this helps you from continuing to break your brain over this. Others are taking this journey with you. Any other concerns that us patients and caregivers may be able to share our experiences about?

Yes, I have had a significant increase in fatty liver over the course of a year of liver MRI’s. I am on Octrotide injections. I do not drink but I gained 40 pounds after my diagnosis. My oncologist thought I might die of fatty liver before cancer so I saw a liver specialist at Mayo. I have a genetic metabolic dysfunction associated steatosis hepatitis. My sister has the same and advanced to cirrhosis at age 61. My brother died of this at age 68. Neither one drank alcohol. There is getting to be a higher occurrence of this because of obesity. I am 67 and the good news is liver doctor says I can reverse this if I lose 40 pounds and keep it off for at least 4 years. Wish me luck- I am almost down 20 pounds. I like to say I am the only person who gains weight with cancer.

Hi there,
I'm new here. Doctors diagnosed me with a neuroendocrine tumor in the terminal ileum with metastases to the liver at the beginning of this year. My surgery was in March. They removed the tumor along with some lymph nodes that were compromised and my gallbladder. Unfortunately, they could not debulc my liver nor resect it. I started the Lanreotide injections in April, and as per my recent CT scan, there are no new growths -except for a tiny one on the same spot the previous one was located- and things are staying in place. Although now I have a fatty liver. I'm not a drinker, nor I eat greasy food. Has anyone experienced this problem?
Thank you.