Open AccessA case of occult insulinoma localized by pancreatic dynamic enhanced spiral CT
Author(s) -
Zhao-Kang Bao,
Xinyu Huang,
Juping Zhao,
Zhongang Qi,
Xiaofeng Wang,
Hongcheng Wang
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i11.1418
Subject(s) - insulinoma , occult , medicine , radiology , computed tomography , pancreas , ultrasonography , surgical resection , spiral computed tomography , pathology , alternative medicine
Insulinomas are the most common category of pancreatic endocrine tumors, with an annual incidence of 1-4 cases per million people. Most are intrapancreatic, benign and solitary. Therefore, they have an excellent prognosis after surgical resection. However, the localization diagnosis of insulinomas still poses a challenge to surgeons and radiologists. In this case, the tumor was occult and could not be found by either abdominal enhanced spiral computed tomography (CT) or ultrasonography. Therefore, we tried a new method of CT scanning and localized the tumor.