Intraoperative localization of insulinoma using invisible near-infrared fluorescent light. Report of 3 cases

Infrared fluorescent light is able to penetrate several millimeters into living tissue and offers several advantages for imaging guided pancreatic endocrine tumors without changes in surgical field appearance, high resolution images and high sensitivity images in real time. In the 3 patients, the lo...

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Published in:Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] 2017-09, Vol.17 (4), p.S50-S50
Main Authors: Alle, Lisandro, Nahmod, Mario, Dip, Fernando, Ferraro, Ariel, Sarotto, Luis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
I.R. radiation
Insulinoma
Laparoscopy
Light
Localization
Neuroendocrine tumors
Pancreas
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Summary:Infrared fluorescent light is able to penetrate several millimeters into living tissue and offers several advantages for imaging guided pancreatic endocrine tumors without changes in surgical field appearance, high resolution images and high sensitivity images in real time. In the 3 patients, the localization of the tumors was successful emitting fluorescence after administration of indocyanine green, initially obtaining a complete fluorescent staining of the pancreas and in 5 to 10 minutes the healthy pancreas performed a fluorescence washout, remaining with fluorescent light emission only the insulinoma.
ISSN:1424-3903
1424-3911
DOI:10.1016/j.pan.2017.07.162