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Glucagonoma ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The abdominal ultrasound scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of glucagonoma. Finding on ultrasound scan suggestive of glucagonoma is a hypoechoic tumor in the distal pancreas. US-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy is a non-operative histologic diagnosis. Intraoperative ultrasonography is used as an adjunct to intraoperative palpation.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
The ultrasound findings associated with glucagonoma are:[1][2][3]
- Endoscopic ultrasonography can detect lesions as small as 2 mm.
- It is more sensitive than CT or transabdominal ultrasonography for detection of glucagonoma.
- US-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy is a good non-operative way to histologically diagnose glucagonoma.
- Finding of a hypoechoic tumor in the distal pancreas on ultrasound is suggestive of glucagonoma.
- Intraoperative ultrasonography is used as an adjunct to intraoperative palpation.
References
References
- ↑ Atiq M, Bhutani MS, Bektas M, Lee JE, Gong Y, Tamm EP; et al. (2012). “EUS-FNA for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a tertiary cancer center experience”. Dig Dis Sci. 57 (3): 791–800. doi:10.1007/s10620-011-1912-7. PMID 21964743.
- ↑ Koike N, Hatori T, Imaizumi T, Harada N, Fukuda A, Takasaki K; et al. (2003). “Malignant glucagonoma of the pancreas diagnoses through anemia and diabetes mellitus”. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 10 (1): 101–5. PMID 12918465.
- ↑ Hellman P, Hennings J, Akerström G, Skogseid B (2005). “Endoscopic ultrasonography for evaluation of pancreatic tumours in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1”. Br J Surg. 92 (12): 1508–12. doi:10.1002/bjs.5149. PMID 16231278.
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