Meso-pancreatectomy for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.

Int J Surg

University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital "San Luigi Gonzaga", Section of General Surgery, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Turin, Italy.

Published: July 2015

We report a case of a meso-pancreatectomy performed on a pancreatic glucagonoma in a 58 years-old woman. MP is a conservative surgical treatment consisting in a resection of the body of the pancreas with the aim of reducing postoperative hormone insufficiency. This approach is curative in benign or low-malignant neoplasm of the central part of the pancreas.

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