Primary Hepatic Gastrinoma Causing Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome: A Rare and Challenging Diagnosis

The majority of gastrinomas causing Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) are located in the duodenum or the pancreas. Primary hepatic gastrinomas (PHG) are extremely rare and difficult to diagnose because the liver is the commonest site of metastatic disease and gastrinomas can be very small. Furthermor...

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Main Authors: Elijah Dixon, Janice L. Pasieka, Hassan Al-Bisher, Adrian Harvey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-02-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/4/1/130/