INTERESTING CLINICAL CASE: ROLE OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTICS IN DETECTING NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR OF THE PANCREAS

Abstract

Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas today occupy the second place in the prevalence of malignant epithelial tumors of the pancreas [1, p. 132]. Neuroendocrine tumors are divided according to activity into functioning and non-functioning tumors, the latter in turn have the second name “non-secreting” and are more common than functioning tumors. Non-functioning tumors are unfavorable because their growth is slow and a person does not feel symptoms for a long time, but the tumor grows to large sizes, thereby causing symptoms of compression of adjacent anatomical structures [3, p.458]. Neuroendocrine tumors are often diagnosed when they have already metastasized or reached a large size. In view of this, assessment of the tumor load requires the use of several methods of radiation diagnostics: ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging [2, p.30]. This article will review clinical cases of neuroendocrine tumors using different diagnostic methods.