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Evaluation and management of pancreatic lesions in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
Nature reviews. Clinical oncology - 1 Sept 2016
Keutgen Xavier M, Hammel Pascal, Choyke Peter L, Libutti Steven K, Jonasch Eric, Kebebew Electron
Abstract excerpt
von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a heritable cancer-predisposition syndrome with multiorgan involvement. Pancreatic lesions are detected in approximately two-thirds of patients with VHL disease at some point during their lifetime. In these patients, cystic pancreatic lesions are almost exclusively benign and, unless symptomatic, do not require surgical or endoscopic intervention; however, solid pancreatic...
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