title: False positives and false negatives in neuroendocrine tumors diagnosis: clinical reports.
abstract: Differential diagnosis NETs may be highly challenging. In order to exclude conditions that may mimic a neuroendocrine neoplasms, a deep knowledge of all the aspects of the disease, together with an adequate capacity to interpret clinical data and imaging findings and to put them in right correlation, are strongly warranted. Patients which suspected neuroendocrine neoplasms should be referred to reference centers to receive optimal multidisciplinary care.
authors.affiliation: Medical Oncology Unit 2, Centro di Riferimento per lo Studio e la Cura dei Carcinoidi e dei Tumori Neuroendocrini (CeRiCa), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ducceschi
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pusceddu
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Platania
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis; D053379:Chromogranin A / Q000032:analysis; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015282:Octreotide; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D053379:Chromogranin A; D015282:Octreotide