Role of EUS in the preoperative localization of insulinomas compared with spiral CT

Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Evaluation of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors - Report of 22 Cases from a Tertiary Center in Iran

“…After that multiple studies of the accuracy of EUS published especially in insulinoma (Schumacher et al, 1996;Anderson et al, 2000;Ardengh et al, 2000;Zimmer et al, 2000;Gouya et al, 2003) with detection rate of 79-94% ,in a recent study 52 patients underwent EUS for detection of insulinoma (according to clinical and laboratory data) that sensitivity was 89.5% and accuracy of 83.7% according to surgical finding . Sensitivity of EUS for detection of lesion ns in the head, body and tail of the pancreas respectively was 92.…”

Diagnosis and Treatment of Insulinomas in the Adults

“…It may show very small tumours (about 3 mm in size) in the head of the www.intechopen.com pancreas, such tumours being impalpable at surgery. A lower sensitivity for pancreatic tail lesions (37-50%) has been reported (Ardengh et al 2000). Pancreatic nodularities may be mistaken for insulinomas (Kann et al 2003).…”

Tumores neuroendocrinos del páncreas: Resultados quirúrgicos y sobrevida alejada

“…Los dos primeros son los más utilizados, con sensibilidad y especificidad mayores al 90% 4 . Sin embargo, se ha comunicado que la ultrasonografía endoscópica sería el examen que cuenta con la mayor sensibilidad para lesiones menores de 0,5 cm., y que permite obtener información histológica 22 . Con la incorporación del PET/CT, se logra complementar la información morfológica con información funcional 23 , al asociar el comportamiento molecular de la estructura marcada con el radiofármaco, con su ubicación anatómica.…”