title: Imaging and localization of pancreatic insulinomas.
abstract: For pancreatic insulinomas, the treatment of choice is surgical excision, which when successful is curative. Intraoperative palpation combined with ultrasonography theoretically depict almost all tumors, however the accuracy of palpation is improved by the preoperative localization. All recent advances in imaging have improved the likelihood for curative surgical resection. Our purpose is to demonstrate the characteristics of all modalities, which may be used in the preoperative localization algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Areteion Hospital, University of Athens, 76 Vas. Sofias Street, Athens 11528, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chatziioannou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kehagias
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mourikis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Limouris
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaponis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kavatzas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tseleni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vlachos
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D002125:Calcium Gluconate; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D013004:Somatostatin; C081788:pentetreotide; D002125:Calcium Gluconate