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ea0037ep1095 | Endocrine tumours | ECE2015

Endoscopic ultrasound features of familial vs sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: a single-centre retrospective study

Tamagno Gianluca , Scherer Vanessa , Caimo Alberto , Bergmann Simona R , Kann Peter H

Introduction: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNETs) can either occur in patients with a familial syndrome, like multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1), or being sporadic. In the last decade, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has become one of the first-line investigations for the characterisation of pNETs. The ultrasonographic features of a pNET might differ depending on the familial vs sporadic pathogenesis of the tumour. Therefore, the EUS findings might help and direct t...