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Ultrasonography of the pancreas in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type I
Author(s) -
Davies P F,
Shevland J E,
Shepherd J J
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1993.12.2.67
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , pancreas , lesion , ultrasonography , multiple endocrine neoplasia , endocrine system , radiology , pancreatic disease , pathology , hormone , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Fifty‐seven patients with the multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN‐1) syndrome underwent sonographic examinations, and focal pancreatic lesions were demonstrated in 18 (33%). Size ranged from 5 to 65 mm in diameter, and multiple lesions were seen in five patients. Eight patients with pancreatic lesions less than 20 mm have been followed over a period of 1 to 6 years. Of these eight patients, only one had a lesion that increased in size. Ultrasonography was able to detect asymptomatic pancreatic tumors in a higher proportion of MEN‐1 patients than previously. Sonography is a useful method of detecting islet cell tumors greater than 5 mm in diameter and is able to follow up these lesions to assess increase in lesion size and number.