Open AccessDiffuse pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: A rare presentation
Author(s) -
Peeyush Bhargava,
Kabiul Haque,
Zhiyun Yang,
Guillermo Sangster
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_73_18
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , presentation (obstetrics) , neuroendocrine tumors , pancreas , computed tomography , radiology , pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor , pathology , nuclear medicine
Diffuse involvement of the pancreas in neuroendocrine tumor is a rare presentation, and its appearance on In-111 pentetreotide scan has not been reported earlier in the literature. We present the whole body images from In-111 pentetreotide scan, contrast-enhanced computed tomography images, and histopathology correlation.