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Gastrin: From Physiology to Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Abetted by widespread usage of acid-suppressing proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), the mitogenic actions of the peptide hormone gastrin are being revisited as a recurring theme in various gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies.
Suzann Duan +2 more
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Exploratory laparotomy and a search for gastrinomas was performed in 52 patients with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES). Gastrinoma tissue was resected in 11 patients (21%), 6 (12%) of whom appear to have been cured. After surgery, serum gastrin levels in these six patients have remained normal from 10 months to 10 years.
C W, Deveney +5 more
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Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome - review
Introduction and purpose Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) is a constellation of symptoms that includes gastric ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and chronic diarrhea.
Jakub Metelski +4 more
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Gastrins and gastrinomas [PDF]
Summary The past 20 years have seen gastrin attain true hormonal status. Its structure has been characterized, it has been synthesized, radioimmunoassays for its measurement in blood and tissues have been developed and its physiology and metabolism elucidated.
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The stomach is an uncommon location for gastrinomas. Here we report a rare case of multifocal gastrinomas in the antrum with concomitant gastric adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia. The patient was a 35-year-old man who presented with mild
Chuanyong Lu +3 more
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A primary hepatic gastrinoma accompanied by hyperplasia of multi-nodular Brunner’s glands
Background Primary hepatic gastrinoma causing severe ulcerogenic syndrome is extremely rare. Herein, we report a case of primary hepatic gastrinoma accompanied by hyperplasia of multi-nodular Brunner’s glands in a patient who instead, preoperatively, was
Takaomi Hagi +7 more
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A 38-year-old transgender man with advanced metastatic functional pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (PanNEN) gastrinoma was admitted to the Department of Endocrinology due to severe ACTH-dependent hypercortisolemia.
Arnika Wydra +8 more
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Somatostatin receptor molecular imaging in a misdiagnosed gastrinoma case
Gastrin-secreting tumors, hypergastrinemia and severe ulcer disease form the trademarks of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES). We report a case of gastrinoma, in a patient who was misdiagnosed for almost five years.
Cati Stolniceanu +3 more
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Gastrinoma de localização pilórica numa doente com úlcera péptica recorrente.
We report a clinical case of a woman, 56 years old, with a history of duodenal ulcer and esophagitis, under medication with H2 receptors blockers during 3 years. Plasma basal gastrin was near normal levels. A stimulation test with secretin was compatible
P Duarte +4 more
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Primary Hepatic Gastrinoma as an Unusual Manifestation of Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
We report a rare case of primary hepatic gastrinoma. A 77-year-old woman exhibited continuous watery diarrhea for 8 months and weight loss.
Hideaki Naoe +14 more
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