HUGE NONFUNCTIONING PANCREATIC CYSTIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
KOTOULAS C PANAYIOTIDES J ANTIOCHOS C SAMBAZIOTIS D PAPADOPOULOS G KARAMERIS A
Citation
C. Kotoulas et al., HUGE NONFUNCTIONING PANCREATIC CYSTIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR - A CASE-REPORT, European journal of surgical oncology, 24(1), 1998, pp. 74-76
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Oncology
Journal title
European journal of surgical oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07487983
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
74 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0748-7983(1998)24:1<74:HNPCNT>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A case of an 18-cm large cystic, non-functioning endocrine (islet cell ) tumour located at the tail of tile pancreas in a 29-year-old Caucasi an female is reported here. Pre-operative radioimmunoassays for pancre atic peptides were negative, while immunohistochemistry confirmed the neuroendocrine nature of the tumour. This is the largest cystic non-fu nctioning islet-cell tumour so far described.