Open AccessCarcinoid of pancreas: Case report
Author(s) -
Dragan Radovanović,
Dejan Stevanović,
Ivan Pavlović,
Nebojša Mitrović,
Damir Jašarović,
Dejan Radojević
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0902083r
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , pancreas , stage (stratigraphy) , carcinoid syndrome , lymph node , radiology , carcinoid tumors , abdomen , disease , surgery , general surgery , gastroenterology , pathology , paleontology , alternative medicine , biology
Carcinoid tumors are very common tumors of gastro-intestinal tract even though they are very rare in pancreatic area. A large number of patients with pancreatic carcinoma have nonspecific symptoms of disease which is the main cause of late operative treatment of advanced tumors as well as for a low rate of 5-years surviving (28,9% +/- 16%).