title: Huge non-functioning pancreatic cystic neuroendocrine tumour: a case report.
abstract: A case of an 18-cm large cystic, non-functioning endocrine (islet cell) tumour located at the tail of the pancreas in a 29-year-old Caucasian female is reported here. Pre-operative radioimmunoassays for pancreatic peptides were negative, while immunohistochemistry confirmed the neuroendocrine nature of the tumour. This is the largest cystic non-functioning islet-cell tumour so far described.
authors.affiliation: Second Surgical Clinic, 401 Army General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kotoulas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panayiotides
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antiochos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sambaziotis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karameris
mesh_terms: D007516:Adenoma, Islet Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed