Incidental Histological Diagnosis of Small Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Are We Underestimating Their Incidence?

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Introduction: The annual incidence of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (PanNET) has been estimated to be around 0.8/100,000 inhabitants.

Aim(s): To determine the frequency of incidental histological diagnosis of PanNET in pancreatic specimen evaluation for other resected neoplasms.

Materials and methods: One thousand and twenty three histopathological examinations of pancreatic specimens performed by three different pathologists in 3 high-volume centers in Italy were retrospectively reviewed. Preoperative evaluations and surgical procedures were performed directly or under the supervision of a single surgeon. All the cases with a main pathological diagnosis of PanNET were excluded.

Conference: 15th Annual ENETSConcerence (2018)

Presenting Author: Giannone F

Authors: Giannone F, Partelli S, Muffatti F, Balzano G, Crippa S,

Keywords: incidentaloma, microadenoma,

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