Y. Fujino et al., NONFUNCTIONAL PARAGANGLIOMA OF THE PANCREAS - REPORT OF A CASE, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 28(2), 1998, pp. 209-212
We report herein the case of a 61-gear-old man found to have a rare no
nfunctional paraganglioma of the pancreas. Interesting, the preoperati
ve data and images showed similar characteristics to neuroendocrine tu
mors of the pancreas, Both paragangliomas and neuroendocrine tumors of
the pancreas belong to the category of Amine Precursor Uptake and Dec
arboxylation (APUD) tumors (APUDomas), Thus, it is important to examin
e the serum level of pancreatic endocrine hormones and a variety of pe
ptides to differentiate paragangliomas of the pancreas from other panc
reatic tumors. Paragangliomas of the pancreas grow slowly, so radical
resection is recommended to achieve curability with a good prognosis.