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Diseases » Gastrinoma » Glossary

Glossary for Gastrinoma

Abdominal Pain: A condition which is characterized by the sensation of pain that is located in the abdomen
Abdominal pain: A condition which is characterized by the sensation of pain that is located in the abdomen
Cancer: Abnormal overgrowth of body cells.
Carcinoid: Particular type of tumor.
Cholecystitis: Inflammation of the gallbladder which concentrates and stores bile. The condition may occur suddenly (acute) or persist over a longer period of time (chronic).
Chronic Kidney Disease: Long-term and generally irreversible disease of the kidneys due to infection, obstruction, congenital diseases or generalised diseases causing failure of the kidneys' normal functions.
Diarrhea: Loose or watery stool.
Digestive symptoms: Any symptoms affecting the digestive tract.
Duodenal ulcer: A peptic ulcer is erosion in the lining of the stomach or duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). The word "peptic" refers to pepsin, a stomach enzyme that breaks down proteins. If a peptic ulcer is located in the stomach it is called a gastric ulcer.
Endocrine system cancer: Cancer that affects any gland in the endocrine system
Fatigue: Excessive tiredness or weakness.
Gastric Ulcer: A gastric ulcer is a break in the normal tissue that lines the stomach.
Gastritis: Inflammation of the stomach lining
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Repeated reflux of stomach acid into the throat.
Glucagonoma: Rare cancer of the glucagon-producing pancreas cells.
Insulinoma: A rare form of pancreatic cancer that causes excessive secretion of the hormone insulin. A relatively small number of cases are malignant.
Irritable bowel syndrome: Spasms in the colon wall
Multiple endocrine neoplasia: A group of conditions that is characterised by the hyperplasia and hyperfunction of two or more glands of the endocrine system
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1: Rare inherited disease causing tumors in multiple glands
Nausea: The queasy feeling of nausea and often also vomiting.
Pancreas conditions: Any condition that affects the pancreas
Pancreatitis: Inflammation of the pancreas causing digestive complaints.
Peptic Ulcer: Ulcer on the lining of the stomach or duodenum
Pernicious anemia: Pernicious anemia is a blood disorder where the body is unable to use it properly use Vitamin B12 to make red blood cells.
Somatostatinoma: A very rare disorder where tumors in glands that produce somatostatin affect the secretion of the hormone. The tumor mainly occurs in the pancreas but can also occur in the intestinal tract.
Stomach Conditions: Any condition that affects a persons stomach
Vipoma: A rare disorder caused by an increase in secretion of vasoactive intestinal peptide by the pancreas. The syndrome is often caused by an islet-cell tumor (except for beta cells) in the pancreas.
Vomiting: Vomiting or retching symptoms.
Weakness: Symptoms causing weakness of the body
Weight loss: Loss of body weight.
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: A rare disorder where excessive levels of the hormone gastrin are released into the stomach which increases stomach acidity which results in peptic ulcer development. A hormone secreting pancreatic or duodenal tumor is usually the cause.