Touching with your eyes: Fluorescent intraoperative imaging in the management of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors

Small bowel neuroendocrine tumors (SB-NETs) are the most common small-bowel malignancy; up to 19  % can secrete bioactive substances and they account for 90 % of carcinoid syndrome cases clinically.1,2 Interestingly, 40–55 % of patients will have multifocal primaries at the time of diagnosis.3 These tumors present an interesting clinical challenge in that current preoperative imaging mo dalities cannot reliably identify tumor burden. Given the high likelihood of multifocality, current guidelines recommend manual palpation at the time of resection.
Source: American Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Invited Commentary Source Type: research