Ultrasonido endoscópico en los tumores neuroendocrinos pancreáticos

Endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

• Carolin Nava-Pérez MAV Healthcare, Santiago de Chile, Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1883-536X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7515975

Keywords: pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, endoscopic ultrasound, diagnosis

Abstract

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are relatively rare tumors; their number is increasing with advances in diagnostic imaging modalities. Even small lesions that are difficult to  detect by CT or MRI can now be detected by endoscopic ultrasound.

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