Table 1.
Clinicopathological characteristics of 118 patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 55 (14) |
| Male gender (%) | 62 (53) |
| Pre-operative tissue diagnosis | 58 (49) |
| Mean size of tumour, cm (SD) | 3.68 (3.3) |
| Multifocal tumours (%) | 11 (9) |
| Enucleation (%) | 14 (12) |
| Vascular resection/reconstruction (%) | 11 (9) |
| Location | |
| Head/Uncinate (%) | 41 (34) |
| Body/Tail (%) | 74 (62) |
| Diffuse (%) | 4 (3) |
| Calcifications present (%) | 22 (19) |
| Functional (%) | 30 (25) |
| Insulinoma (%) | 21 (18) |
| Gastrinoma (%) | 4 (3) |
| Glucagonoma (%) | 3 (3) |
| VIPoma (%) | 1 (1) |
| MEN I (%) | 11 (9) |
| Positive Margin | 35 (30) |
| Grade | |
| Low grade (%) | 67 (57) |
| Intermediate grade (%) | 51 (43) |
| Lymph node metastasis (%)* | 33 (33) |
| Synchronous liver metastasis (%) | 30 (25) |
| * 99 patients had at least 1 lymph node evaluated pathologically | |