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20496141

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
A 44-year-old man was attending routine follow-up 5 years after colon cancer resection, when ultrasonography detected a pancreatic tumor with a low echoic area. He had no symptoms. Computed tomography (CT) showed a protruding-type tumor, 4 cm in diameter, in the pancreatic head with central necrosis. Angiography revealed that the tumor was hypervascular. The serum somatostatin level was elevated, at 27 pg/ml (normal range, 1.0-12 pg/ml). As somatostatinoma of the pancreas was suspected, we performed pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy. Histological and immunohistochemical staining confirmed somatostatinoma of the pancreas without nodal metastasis. Thus, if an endocrine tumor of the pancreas is suspected in a patient with a hypervascular tumor, the possibility of somatostatinoma should be included in the differential diagnosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1436-2813
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
569-73
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Asymptomatic somatostatinoma of the pancreatic head: Report of a case.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgical Oncology and Digestive Surgery, Field of Oncology, Course of Advanced Therapeutics, Kagoshima University School of Medical and Dental Science, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports