Once patients fulfill the biochemical diagnostic criteria for insulinoma, radiological investigation, including transabdominal ultrasonography (especially with contrast medium), CT or MRI ...
The latter procedure, however, was also suggestive of a second lesion in the head of the pancreas, which had not been visualized by MRI. Figure 1: Localization of a possible insulinoma in the case ...
When combined with CT and MRI, the current PET scan usually detected the tumor, but in 13% of cases, the insulinoma was only ...
Imaging tests, such as computed tomography (CT) scan or ultrasound, can also be used to find and diagnose an insulinoma. Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) is a rare digestive disease caused by a tumor ...