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The usefulness of super-selective computed tomography angiography (CTA) for diagnosing and localizing a small insulinoma
- Source :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 49(18)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Localization of insulinomas by preoperative imaging is critical for successful surgical resection. However, the visualization and localization of small insulinomas by recent imaging modalities still remains a challenge. Here, we report a 77-year-old woman with a small insulinoma successfully localized by performing arterial stimulation and venous sampling (ASVS), and subsequent super-selective CTA (SSCTA). It was not visualized by routine non-invasive imaging tests such as digital subtraction angiography (DSA). The small size (1.0 cm) of the surgically removed tumor supports the usefulness of SSCTA for localizing very small insulinomas.
- Subjects :
- endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system diseases
Imaging modalities
Venous sampling
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Humans
Insulinoma
Computed tomography angiography
Aged
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
General Medicine
Digital subtraction angiography
medicine.disease
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Angiography
Female
Tomography
Radiology
business
Nuclear medicine
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Preoperative imaging
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13497235
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3311e1c5ec3a5d17865c491fc76b3c42