Incidental intraoperative discovery of a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor associated with chronic pancreatitis

• Main Authors: Surlin Valeriu (Author), Ramboiu Sandu (Author), Ghilusi Mirela (Author), Plesea Iancu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are a rare entity with an incidence between 2 per million to 5 per 100 000. Association with pancreatitis (acute or chronic) is rare and is considered to be determined by the tumoral obstruction of pancreatic ducts, but sometimes...