Imaging procedures in neuroendocrine tumours.
OBJECTIVE
To give recommendations for diagnostic imaging workflow in suspected neuroendocrine tumours.


METHODS
Recommendations for imaging workflow were elaborated by consensus of researchers in neuroendocrine tumours.


RESULTS
Workflow charts are presented for: (1) nonfunctional and functional endocrine tumours of the pancreas (except insulinoma); (2) insulinoma; (3) ECL cell tumour; (4) assessment of unknown primaries in functional and nonfunctional neuroendocrine tumours of the gut; (5) assessment of metastases in functional and nonfunctional neuroendocrine tumours of the gut.


CONCLUSIONS
The workflow charts facilitate diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumours as well as the design of controlled studies.
Department of Radiology, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. jens@charite.de
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D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic