Endocrine Abstracts

Neuroendocrine tumors are rare in young patients and usually have favorable course. We present a case of young, 13-year-old girl diagnosed with insulinoma. The diagnosis was stated on the basis of the presence of neuroglycopenic symptoms. An abdominal CT scan demonstrated a tumor localized in the head of pancreas. The patient received diazoxide as a preparation to surgery. Therapy was effective, but discontinued due to side effects. Patient underwent the Whipple operation. Dur...

Although neuroendocrine tumours (NET) constitute a very heterogeneous group, they express somatostatin receptors in more than 80% of cases that allows for their effective diagnosis and treatment with somatostatin analogues. Introduction in the recent years of new somatostatin analogues and chelators feasible for labelling with radiometals allowed for development of new therapeutic strategy – radiopeptide therapy. The aim of the work is to present experience with 90</...