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Concomitant Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor and Gastric GIST in a Patient Without Neurofibromatosis Type 1

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Abbreviations

CT:

Computed tomography

GIST:

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor

NF-1:

Neurofibromatosis type 1

pNET:

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Prof. Sverre Heim, M.D., Ph.D., for analysing the cytogenetic data, Prof. Tor Jacob Eide, M.D., Ph.D., for performing the histopathology of the pNET and Dr. Jan Gunnar Fjeld, M.D., for analysing the data from the indium-111-labelled octreotide scintigraphy.

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  1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Sognsvannsveien 20, 0027, Oslo, Norway

    Sven-Petter Haugvik, Bård Ingvald Røsok, Bjørn Edwin, Ivar Prydz Gladhaug & Øystein Mathisen

  2. Interventional Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

    Bjørn Edwin

  3. Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Ivar Prydz Gladhaug

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Haugvik, SP., Røsok, B.I., Edwin, B. et al. Concomitant Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor and Gastric GIST in a Patient Without Neurofibromatosis Type 1. J Gastrointest Canc 43 (Suppl 1), 171–174 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-011-9344-3

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