What is Gastrinoma?

What is Gastrinoma?

• Gastrinoma: Rare tumors secreting the digestive hormone gastrin.
• Gastrinoma: A gastrin-secreting tumor of the non-beta islet cells. It is usually located in the pancreas but is also found at other sites, as in the antrum of the stomach, hilus of the spleen, and regional lymph nodes. The presence of gastrinoma is one of three requirements to be met for identification of ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME, which sometimes occurs in families with MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1 (MEN-1). Gastrinomas in patients with MEN-1 are usually diffuse in nature.
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Gastrinoma: Introduction

Types of Gastrinoma:

Broader types of Gastrinoma:

• Cancer
• Pancreas conditions
• Stomach Conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Gastrinoma?

Complications of Gastrinoma: see complications of Gastrinoma

What causes Gastrinoma?

Causes of Gastrinoma: see causes of Gastrinoma

What are the symptoms of Gastrinoma?

Symptoms of Gastrinoma: see symptoms of Gastrinoma

Complications of Gastrinoma: see complications of Gastrinoma

Can anyone else get Gastrinoma?

Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.

Gastrinoma: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Gastrinoma.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Gastrinoma.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Gastrinoma: see treatments for Gastrinoma
Research for Gastrinoma: see research for Gastrinoma

Organs Affected by Gastrinoma:

Organs and body systems related to Gastrinoma include:

• Pancreas
• Small intestine
• Stomach

Name and Aliases of Gastrinoma

Main name of condition: Gastrinoma

Class of Condition for Gastrinoma: cancer

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome Source - Diseases Database

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Gastrinoma:

• Gastrin
• Zollinger Ellsion syndrome
• Duodenum
• Pancreas
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia

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