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Case 57: Cystic Neuroendocrine Tumor

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56-year-old woman with right upper quadrant pain underwent a CT for evaluation. An incidental cystic lesion was found in the head of the pancreas.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

    Sumera Ali MD

  2. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Atif Zaheer MD

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  1. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Atif Zaheer

  2. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Elliot K. Fishman

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Meredith E. Pittman

  4. The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Department of Pathology , Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Ralph H. Hruban

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Ali, S., Zaheer, A. (2017). Case 57: Cystic Neuroendocrine Tumor. In: Zaheer, A., Fishman, E., Pittman, M., Hruban, R. (eds) Pancreatic Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52680-5_57

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