title: CT findings of non-functioning neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors.
abstract: Neuroendocrine tumors are rare neoplasms of the pancreas, representing 0.5% of all pancreatic tumors. Approximately, one-third of neuroendocrine tumors are hormonally inactive and called non-functioning neuroendocrine tumors. As these tumors remain clinically silent in their course of growth, they may attain great sizes without causing apparent clinical findings and commonly present in advanced stage. We report three cases of non-functioning neuroendocrine tumors with large sizes and discuss the radiological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, 35340 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Secil
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Goktay
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oksuzler
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sagol
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dicle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Igci
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pirnar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed