Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2017; 23(37): 6911-6919
Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6911
Rupture of small cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with many microtumors
Ryota Sagami, Hidefumi Nishikiori, Shoichiro Ikuyama, Kazunari Murakami
Ryota Sagami, Hidefumi Nishikiori, Department of Gastroenterology, Oita San-ai Medical Center, Oita 8701151, Japan
Shoichiro Ikuyama, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Investigation, Oita San-ai Medical Center, Oita 8701151, Japan
Kazunari Murakami, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yuhu 8795503, Japan
Author contributions: Sagami R, Nishikiori H and Ikuyama S designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Sagami R and Nishikiori H collected and analyzed the patient’s clinical data; and Murakami K made critical revisions to the article for important intellectual content.
Institutional review board statement: The Ethics Committee of Oita San-ai Medical Center approved this clinical study and the publication of this case report.
Informed consent statement: The patient involved in this case report authorized the disclosure of her protected health information for academic purposes.
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Correspondence to: Ryota Sagami, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Oita San-ai Medical Center, Oita 8701151, Japan. sagami1985@yahoo.co.jp
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Received: June 9, 2017
Peer-review started: June 10, 2017
First decision: July 13, 2017
Revised: July 26, 2017
Accepted: August 15, 2017
Article in press: August 15, 2017
Published online: October 7, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: Cystic or multiple pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) are very rare. This report describes a case of cystic pNET with multiple small tumors diagnosed from endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) alone. Preoperative diagnosis was able to be obtained by EUS-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy. Postoperatively, 11 other micro-pNETs with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 were detected and cystic pNET morphologically changed to a small nodule because of suspected spontaneous rupture. Spontaneous rupture of cystic pNET has not been reported previously in the English literature.