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. 2016;11(3):211-213.
doi: 10.5114/pg.2016.61643. Epub 2016 Aug 5.

A giant non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma founded as an incidentaloma successfully treated with pancreatoduodenectomy

Jacek Paszkowski  1 , Adam Bobkiewicz  1 , Józef Świrkowicz  1 , Łukasz Krokowicz  1 , Jan Majewski  2 , Tomasz Banasiewicz  1 , Michał Drews  1
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A giant non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma founded as an incidentaloma successfully treated with pancreatoduodenectomy

Jacek Paszkowski et al. Prz Gastroenterol. 2016.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Abdominal CT scan showing a NF-PTEN located in the head of the pancreas. It is important to note that there is no evidence of invasion of adjacent tissue by the tumour
Figure 2
Figure 2
Surgical specimen is comprised of the distal part of the stomach (S), duodenum (D), and the encapsulated mass of the tumour. Note the pathological blood plexus on the tumour (*). To show the relation between the tumour and the duodenum without any evidence of invasion, the picture is taken from the posterior side of the specimen
Figure 3
Figure 3
Surgical specimen cut to show some calcification located in the centre of the tumour (black arrows) S – stomach, D – duodenum.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Histopathology presenting poorly differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (PNEC) (H + E, 200×)
Figure 5
Figure 5
Immunohistochemistry of the specimen showing a strong expression of synaptophysin (40×)
Figure 6
Figure 6
More than 20% of the tumour cells are positively stained with MIB1 assessing the proliferation, Ki67 index > 20% (100×)
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