Surgical management of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
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PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE NEOPLASMS (pNENs)
Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pNENs) are relatively rare lesions that have been increasing in incidence over the past few decades largely because of the diagnosis of pancreatic incidentalomas on cross-sectional imaging. Most of these tumors are nonfunctioning presenting with symptoms secondary to mass effect, metastatic disease or as incidental findings. Diagnostic workup aims to assess ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2014.1