Abstract

Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disease characterized by the formation of benign and malignant tumors. From 10 to 20% of patients develop a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (panNET). This article presents a clinical and morphological case that describes a well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreatic head accompanied by VHL syndrome. Positive Synaptophysin and Chromagranin A staining of tumor cells confirmed the diagnosis. The proliferation index (Ki-67) was less than 3%. In addition, serous cystadenoma without signs of neuroendocrine differentiation was found in the pancreatic tail, which was confirmed by positive reaction with antibodies to CA IX and MUC6 and a negative reaction with antibodies to Synapthophysin in the epithelial cells. Keywords: von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, neuroendocrine tumor, pancreas, immunohistochemical study

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