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Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PNET) Presenting as a Pseudocyst: A Case Report

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) account for a very small proportion of all pancreatic tumors. The presence or absence of a specific clinical manifestation associated with hormone oversecretion determines whether a PNET is functional or nonfunctional. Imaging expressions differ significantly...

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Autores principales: Sedhai, Swastika, Mohammed, Fathia, Sahtiya, Saveeta, Sanaullah, Sadaf, Pritwani, Payal, Saleem, Faraz, Abere, Ayodeji, Ghaffari, Muhammad Abu Zar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36320996
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29617
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author Sedhai, Swastika
Mohammed, Fathia
Sahtiya, Saveeta
Sanaullah, Sadaf
Pritwani, Payal
Saleem, Faraz
Abere, Ayodeji
Ghaffari, Muhammad Abu Zar
author_facet Sedhai, Swastika
Mohammed, Fathia
Sahtiya, Saveeta
Sanaullah, Sadaf
Pritwani, Payal
Saleem, Faraz
Abere, Ayodeji
Ghaffari, Muhammad Abu Zar
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description Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) account for a very small proportion of all pancreatic tumors. The presence or absence of a specific clinical manifestation associated with hormone oversecretion determines whether a PNET is functional or nonfunctional. Imaging expressions differ significantly, from the common to the extremely rare. Diffuse, uniform pancreatic enlargement, without abnormalities in contour or a central mass, is the most common radiological finding. We report the case of a 43-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain and early satiety over the course of two months and was found to have a non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, with the pseudocyst being the initial diagnostic finding. In comparison to patients with exocrine pancreatic cancer, those with PNET have a much better prognosis and longer expected survival time. This case report highlights the importance of the diagnostic evaluation of PNET and timely intervention to prolong the survival of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-96038872022-10-31 Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PNET) Presenting as a Pseudocyst: A Case Report Sedhai, Swastika Mohammed, Fathia Sahtiya, Saveeta Sanaullah, Sadaf Pritwani, Payal Saleem, Faraz Abere, Ayodeji Ghaffari, Muhammad Abu Zar Cureus Radiology Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) account for a very small proportion of all pancreatic tumors. The presence or absence of a specific clinical manifestation associated with hormone oversecretion determines whether a PNET is functional or nonfunctional. Imaging expressions differ significantly, from the common to the extremely rare. Diffuse, uniform pancreatic enlargement, without abnormalities in contour or a central mass, is the most common radiological finding. We report the case of a 43-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain and early satiety over the course of two months and was found to have a non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, with the pseudocyst being the initial diagnostic finding. In comparison to patients with exocrine pancreatic cancer, those with PNET have a much better prognosis and longer expected survival time. This case report highlights the importance of the diagnostic evaluation of PNET and timely intervention to prolong the survival of the patient. Cureus 2022-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9603887/ /pubmed/36320996 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29617 Text en Copyright © 2022, Sedhai et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Sedhai, Swastika
Mohammed, Fathia
Sahtiya, Saveeta
Sanaullah, Sadaf
Pritwani, Payal
Saleem, Faraz
Abere, Ayodeji
Ghaffari, Muhammad Abu Zar
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PNET) Presenting as a Pseudocyst: A Case Report
title Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PNET) Presenting as a Pseudocyst: A Case Report
title_full Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PNET) Presenting as a Pseudocyst: A Case Report
title_fullStr Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PNET) Presenting as a Pseudocyst: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PNET) Presenting as a Pseudocyst: A Case Report
title_short Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PNET) Presenting as a Pseudocyst: A Case Report
title_sort pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pnet) presenting as a pseudocyst: a case report
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36320996
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29617
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