Non-functioning neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors transforming to malignant insulinomas - four cases and review of the literature.
CONCLUSIONS: Non-functional, metastatic Pan-NETs may transform to insulin secreting lesions, with negative impact on prognosis. Therefore, if symptoms as hypoglycemia develops continuous follow-up of clinical parameters, biochemical profiles of pancreatic hormones and histopathological evaluation of proliferation is suggested to detect changes in characteristics of these malignant neoplasms.
PMID: 32087093 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neuroendocrinology Letters - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Neuro Endocrinol Lett Source Type: research
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