Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms
Fig. 3.1 Mucinous cystedenoma ultrasound. The sonographic scan shows a hypoechoic lesion in the head of the pancreas. The lesions has a macrocystic pattern, as indicated by the large anechoic…
GENERAL SURGERY
Functional Imaging and Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy
Fig. 11.1 Octreotide amino acid structure. (Reproduced from [2], with permission) The presence of octreotide-binding SSTRs on NENs allows the in vivo functional visualization of these tumors with the use…
Serous Cystic Neoplasms
Fig. 2.1 Serous cystadenoma: ultrasound (US). Sonographic scans show a hypoechoic lesion with sharp margins in the head of the pancreas (black arrow). Within the lesion, anechoic areas can be…
Primary Non-epithelial Tumors of the Pancreas
Fig. 16.1 Metastatic leioomyosarcoma. a Gross appearance of a mesenchymal tumor: the tumor is well circumscribed and composed of soft tissue. b Histologically, the tumor exhibits high cellularity and is…
Targeted and Other Non-receptor-mediated Therapies
Author (year) CT (mono-CT) Type Total pts n° n° PanNETs PFS (months) OS (months) RR (%) Brizzi et al. (2009) [42] 5FU (+Octreotide LAR) NEN 29 13 22.6 NR 24.1 …
Surgical Therapy
2. Kulke MH, Anthony LB, Bushnell DL et al (2010) NANETS treatment guidelines: well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors of the stomach and pancreas. Pancreas 39:735–752PubMedCrossRef 3. Falconi M, Bartsch DK, Eriksson B…
Classification
Benign Acinar cell cystadenoma Serous cystadenoma Premalignant lesions Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms with low- or intermediate-grade dysplasia Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms with high-grade dysplasia Intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasms Mucinous cystic neoplasms…
Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation
Type of PanNEN Peptide Site Malignancy (%) MEN1-associated (%) Clinical manifestation Insulinoma Insulin Pancreas 10 10 Hypoglycemia Gastrinoma Gastrin Pancreas, Duodenum 80 25 ZES (peptic ulcer, diarrhea, epigastric pain) VIPoma…
The Role of the Oncologist in the Diagnosis and Management of Malignant Cystic Neoplasms
4. King JC, Ng TT, White SC et al (2009) Pancreatic serous cystadenocarcinoma: a case report and review of the literature. J Gastrointest Surg 13:1864-1868PubMedCrossRef 5. Matsumoto, T, Hirano S,…
Radical-Based Palladium-Catalyzed Bond Constructions
1.2.7 Radical-Based Palladium-Catalyzed Bond Constructions Y. Li, W. Xie, and X. Jiang General Introduction During the evolution of organic chemistry, palladium catalysts have played an important and irreplaceable role in…
