Periampullary Neuroendocrine (Carcinoid) Tumor in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type I

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) is a genetic disease with autosomal dominant pattern which is associated with a large number of tumors especially of Gastro-Intestinal origin. These tumors have nurogenic or neuroendocrine origin (carcinoid tumors) and cause symptoms due to secretion of somatostatin...

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Main Authors: Abdul Qaiyoume Amini, Naveed Ali Khan, Jawed Ahmad, Amjad Siraj Memon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dow University of Health Sciences 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences
Online Access:https://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1463