NET NM Flashcards
NET of Pancreas inoperable
Celiac trunk
SMA
NET of Pancreas M
Liver
Bone
Abdomen
Lung
NET of Pancreas G
G1 Ki67 <3%
G2 Ki67 3-20%
G3 Ki67 >20%
NET of Pancreas Syndromic
20%
Early detection
Small size
Insulinoma
Gastrinoma
Glucagonoma
VIPoma
Somatostatinoma
Carcinoid
Insulinoma
Most common
6-10% malignancy
Solitary
25% MEN1
10% Islet cell hyperplasia
90% < 2 cm
Whipple triad
Insulinoma
Fasting glucose <50 mg/dL
Hypoglycemia
Relief of symptoms after glucose administration
Gastrinoma triangle
Cystic duct confluence
Junction of pancreatic head and body
Junction of second and third parts of duodenum
Gastrinoma
60-90% malignant
30% with liver MTS
Multiple
75% MEN1
Zollinger-Ellinson sy - - excess of gastrin - - ulcer–PPI
Epigastric pain
Diarrhoea
Glucagonoma
60% malignant
Usually large 6 cm
Necrolytic migratory erythema (usually genitals)
4D: dermatosis, diarrhea, depression, DVT
Stomatitis, anemia, weight loss
VIPoma
10-20% extrapancreatic
80% malignant
VIP - vasoactive intestinal peptide
WDHA sy: watery diarrhea, Hypokalemia, achlorhydria
MEN1
Pituitary adenoma
Parathyroid hyperplasia
Pancreatic tumor - 40-70% NET
NET of Pancreas genetic
MEN1 - 40-70%
Von Hippel Landau - 10-17%
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Tuberous Sclerosis
NET of Pancreas Octreoscan
Negative doesn’t exclude gastrinoma or insulinoma
Glucagonoma 100%
VIPoma 88%
Carcinoid 87%
Gastrinoma 73%
Insulinoma <25%
NET of Pancreas Ga-DOTA-TATE
Gold Standard
Localisation of unknown primary
More accurate than octreoscan
ASVS = arterial stimulation with venous sampling
Intraarterial calcium stimulate insulin production
Localised insulin-secreting NET
NET from neuroendocrine organ
Medullary thyroid cancer
Pancreatic
Pheo
Paraganglioma
NET from dispersed neuroendocrine cells
Pulmonary
Gastro-entero-pancreatic
NET from non endocrine organ
Thymus
Cutaneous NET
Pheo and paraganglioma M
Bone
Liver
Lung
Pheo genetic
MEN2A, MEN2B
VHL
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Pheo 10%
Bilateral
Extra adrenal
Children
Malignant (>5 cm, SDHB mutation)
Pheo image
DOTA - most sensitive, highest detection rate of MTS, SDHB mutation
MRI - 100%
Octreotide <30%
MIBG Pheo and paraganglioma %
Specificity 100%
Sensitivity 80% 50%
MTS avid 60%
Preoperative biopsy not recommended
Pheo
Catecholamine crisis
Tumor rupture
Seeding
Complications: severe hypertension, hematoma, inadequate biopsy, delay in surgery
Low suspicion Pheo
24h urine test
Normetanephrine >900 mcg/24h
Metanephrine >400 mcg/24h
Norepinephrine >170 mcg/24h
Dopamine >700 mcg/24h
High suspicion Pheo
Plasma test
Metanephrine <0.5 nmol/L
Normetanephrine <0.9 nmol/L
Type I gastric Carcinoid
80-90%
Ass with chronic autoimmune gastritis and pernicious anemia
Fundus and body
<2 cm, multiple, localized in gastric wall
Type II gastric Carcinoid
5-7%
Hypergastrinemia from Zollinger-Ellinson sy or small intestine
Recurrent peptic ulcers
<2 cm, multiple, localized in gastric wall
Type III gastric Carcinoid
10-15%
>2 cm, single, infiltrate Perigastric tissue
Well diff - - MTS 50-70%
Duodenal NET
Gastrin producing G-cells 62% - - proximal duodenum - - MEN1
Somatostatin producing D-cells - periampullary - - somatostatinoma - - Neurofibromatosis type 1
<1 cm duodenal gastrinoma - - bulky adenopathy