====== Pancreatic tumor ======

Associations with [[von Hippel-Lindau disease]].

a) 35 to 70% of patients with VHL develop an endocrine tumor or cyst

b) pancreatic cysts are generally asymptomatic and often multiple

c) pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are usually non-functional and 8% of them are malignant

d) differential diagnosis: [[pancreatic islet cell tumor]]s, MEN2
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see [[Pancreatic cancer]]