Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine  2010;14(2):145-150

doi:10.13104/jksmrm.2010.14.2.145

Non-Functioning, Malignant Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor in a 16-Year-old Boy: A Case Report.

Se Woong LIM 1 ; Young Hwan LEE ; See Sung CHOI ; Hyun Sun CHO

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Keywords

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; Islet cell tumor; Children; Magnetic resonance (MR)

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

We report the case of a 16-year-old boy with a solid pancreatic mass which proved to be a nonfunctioning, malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET). In pediatric patients, malignant pancreatic tumors are rare, especially malignant PNET. When dynamic contrast enhanced MRI showed a well enhancing solid pancreatic tumor on arterial and delayed phases and combined with malignant features, such as vascular invasion, invasion of adjascent organs, and lymphadenopathy, we should include malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in the differential diagnosis of childhood pancreatic tumors.