Endocrine Abstracts

Troisier’s sign names a visible left cervical adenopathy (Virchow’s node) as the first sign of a pancreatic tumor, mainly adenocarcinomas, by dissemination through the thoracic duct. Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of the ampulla of Vater are extremely rare, no more than 2% of ampullary malignancies, and account for <0.3% of all gastrointestinal NETs.A 59–year old woman presented with an enlarging painless left cervical node. Ultrasonograp...