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Elliot K. Fishman
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MD
The most likely diagnosis in the 60-year-old with an incidental masses,
while I see a vascular lesion in the head of the pancreas,
was washes out on the venous phase imaging.
I have to admit, I don't think too much about this case
before I say it's a neuroendocrine tumor.
It could be metastatic renal cell,
but the kidneys look okay here.
It's surely not pancreatic adenocarcinoma,
which are hypovascular lesions.
But it also could be a psiracist adenoma.
Why do I say that?
Because there's a type of psiracist adenomas
that are very, very vascular
and look identical to neuroendocrine tumors.
They wash out, and it's a real challenge.
And this ended up being biopsyde
and indeed was a solid psiracist adenoma.
You can see the marked vascularity.
I have to admit, there's no way you could say
this wasn't a neuroendocrine tumor
and statistically probably is more likely
a neuroendocrine tumor,
but this was a psiracist adenoma.
So I'm giving credit for A and B,
but remember to think about psiracist adenomas.
Again, EOS with biopsy, looking at fluid
with a psiracist adenoma, VHL markers are positive.
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