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19th European Congress of Endocrinology

Lisbon, Portugal
20 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

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Incidentally discovered nonfunctioning pancreatic NETs: Surgery or not? (Endorsed by the European Journal of Endocrinology)

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Incidentally discovered nonfunctioning pancreatic NETs: Surgery or not? - FOR

Knigge Ulrich

Pancreatic incidentalomas are defined as asymptomatic pancreatic lesions, discovered incidentally by imaging for an unrelated indication. A significant proportion of these tumors may be malignant or have a malignant potential. As the use of improved cross sectional imaging increases incidentalomas are becoming more common. In the ENETS guidelines it is proposed that selected patients with incidentally found sporadic, asymptomatic, non-functioning (NF) pancreatic neuroendocrine...