ea0081ep848 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2022
Floroskoufi Paraskevi
, Vourlioaki Eirini
, George Papazoglou
, Koukias Stergos
, Stamataki Aikaterini
Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a heterogeneous group of rare neoplasms that originate from endocrine cells with the ability to secrete amines and hormonal polypeptides. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) can be functional or non-functional. Functional PNETs secrete common hormones such as gastrin, insulin and glucagon and much less frequent hormones such as vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). Their clinical characteristics depend on the peptide secreted....