Uncommon Case of Gastrinoma in a Child

Abstract Gastrinoma is a kind of neuroendocrine tumor very rare in children. It can be described as solitary and has been reported in the liver and in the kidney (9, 12); or as part of MEN type I (tumors of parathyroids, pancreatic islets and pituitary) (5). We report here, a solitary and huge pancr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of pediatric surgery 1996-06, Vol.6 (3), p.173-174
Hauptverfasser:	Eire, P. F., Rodriguez Pereira, C., Barca Rodriguez, P., Varela Cives, R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Case report Diagnosis, Differential Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Female Gastrinoma - diagnostic imaging Gastrinoma - pathology Gastrinoma - surgery Gastrins - analysis Humans Lymph Node Excision Lymph Nodes - pathology Lymphatic Metastasis Medical sciences Pancreas - pathology Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Pancreatic Neoplasms - pathology Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery Pancreaticoduodenectomy Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors. Hypoglycemia Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome - diagnostic imaging Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome - pathology Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract Gastrinoma is a kind of neuroendocrine tumor very rare in children. It can be described as solitary and has been reported in the liver and in the kidney (9, 12); or as part of MEN type I (tumors of parathyroids, pancreatic islets and pituitary) (5). We report here, a solitary and huge pancreatic gastrinoma in a young girl with a Zollinger-Ellison (Z-E) syndrome, whose diagnosis was delayed by misunderstanding of the symptoms.
ISSN:	0939-7248 1439-359X
DOI:	10.1055/s-2008-1066500