CT, Endoscopic Sonography, and a Combined Protocol for Preoperative Evaluation of Pancreatic Insulinomas
Hervé Gouya1,
Olivier Vignaux1,
Joelle Augui1,
Bertrand Dousset2,
Laurent Palazzo3,
André Louvel4,
Stanislas Chaussade3 and
Paul Legmann1
1 Department of Radiology, Université René Descartes,
Hôpital Cochin, 27 rue du Fg Saint Jacques, 75679 Paris Cedex 14,
France.
2 Department of Surgery, Université René Descartes, Hôpital
Cochin, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France.
3 Department of Gastroenterology, Université René Descartes,
Hôpital Cochin, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France.
4 Department of Pathology, Université René Descartes,
Hôpital Cochin, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France.

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Fig. 1. 35-year-old man with two insulinomas of pancreas. Axial
contrast-enhanced helical CT scan obtained in early phase shows two
hyperattenuating lesions: one 14-mm lesion in head of pancreas
(arrowhead) and one 9-mm lesion in tail of pancreas close to splenic
vein (arrow). This latter lesion was not seen on endoscopic
sonography (not shown).
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Fig. 2. 42-year-old man with 10-mm insulinoma of body of pancreas.
Endoscopic sonogram shows small 10-mm lesion (arrow) in body of
pancreas that was not revealed on thin-section helical CT (not shown).
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Fig. 3A. 50-year-old woman with 10-mm insulinoma of body of pancreas.
Axial contrast-enhanced helical CT scan obtained in early phase shows
hyperattenuating 10-mm lesion (arrow) in body of pancreas.
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Fig. 3B. 50-year-old woman with 10-mm insulinoma of body of pancreas.
Endoscopic sonogram shows lesion seen in A as hypoechoic mass
(arrow).
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