Difference between revisions of "Neuroendocrine tumour of the pancreas"

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==IHC==
==IHC==
*CK19 +ve -- should be done as a routine in pancreatic NETs; poor prognostic factor.<ref name=pmid19956064>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jain | first1 = R. | last2 = Fischer | first2 = S. | last3 = Serra | first3 = S. | last4 = Chetty | first4 = R. | title = The use of Cytokeratin 19 (CK19) immunohistochemistry in lesions of the pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, and liver. | journal = Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol | volume = 18 | issue = 1 | pages = 9-15 | month = Jan | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3181ad36ea | PMID = 19956064 }}</ref>
*CK19 +ve.
**Considered a poor prognostic factor<ref name=pmid19956064>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jain | first1 = R. | last2 = Fischer | first2 = S. | last3 = Serra | first3 = S. | last4 = Chetty | first4 = R. | title = The use of Cytokeratin 19 (CK19) immunohistochemistry in lesions of the pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, and liver. | journal = Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol | volume = 18 | issue = 1 | pages = 9-15 | month = Jan | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3181ad36ea | PMID = 19956064 }}</ref> - disputed by an older paper.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = La Rosa | first1 = S. | last2 = Rigoli | first2 = E. | last3 = Uccella | first3 = S. | last4 = Novario | first4 = R. | last5 = Capella | first5 = C. | title = Prognostic and biological significance of cytokeratin 19 in pancreatic endocrine tumours. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 50 | issue = 5 | pages = 597-606 | month = Apr | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02662.x | PMID = 17394496 }}</ref>
*Chromogranin +ve.
*Chromogranin +ve.
*Synaptophysin +ve.
*Synaptophysin +ve.
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