[Nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with extensive calcification]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2015 Jul;112(7):1334-40. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.112.1334.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 54-year-old woman exhibited pancreatic calcification on abdominal ultrasonography. Diagnostic imaging revealed a 20-mm mass with a 12-mm calcification in the tail of the pancreas. The mass was weakly enhanced in the early phase of contrast-enhanced CT. We performed pancreatectomy and splenectomy. Histopathological diagnosis was a nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET), grade 2. This is a rare case of PNET with extensive calcification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*