Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: a case report
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is the consequence of excessive and autonomous secretion of gastrin from gastrinoma cells. The disease is exceptionally rare and characterized by severe and treatment-resistant peptic disease that can become life-threatenin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Slovenian Medical Association
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Zdravniški Vestnik |
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| Online Access: | http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/2082 |
| Summary: | <p><strong>Background:</strong> Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is the consequence of excessive and autonomous secretion of gastrin from gastrinoma cells. The disease is exceptionally rare and characterized by severe and treatment-resistant peptic disease that can become life-threatening for a patient. In most cases, gastrinoma is malignant. A case of 44-year patient is presented.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> We present clinical manifestations, laboratory diagnostic tests, modalities of tumor localization and forms of treatment that are clinically relevant in a patient, suspected of having this rare disease. Pathohistologically, our patient’s tumor was identified as a carcinoid with minor gastrinoma fraction.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1318-0347 1581-0224 |