Calcification in an insulinoma of the pancreas.
Calcifications in islet cell tumors of the pancreas are rarely seen radiologically. We are reporting a case of an insulinoma with "sunburst" type calcification that has been previously described as specific for cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
D007516:Adenoma, Islet Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed