Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (medical condition): 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.
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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: A disorder in which tumors of the pancreatic islet cells produce large amounts of gastrin (a hormone), leading to excess acid in the stomach and, possibly, a peptic ulcer (ulcer of the stomach or the upper part of the small intestine).
Source: National Institute of Health
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: syndrome consisting of intractable peptic ulceration with gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: 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.
Source: Diseases Database
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: triad comprising intractable, sometimes fulminating atypical ulcers, extremely elevated gastic acidity, and gastrin secreting non beta islet cell tumors.
Source: CRISP
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: A syndrome that is characterized by the triad of severe PEPTIC ULCER, hypersecretion of GASTRIC ACID, and GASTRIN-producing tumors of the PANCREAS or other tissue (GASTRINOMA). This syndrome may be sporadic or be associated with MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1.
Source: MeSH 2007
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Zollinger-Ellison syndrome:
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, or a subtype of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Zollinger-Ellison syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (medical condition): See Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (disease information).
»Introduction: Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
»Symptoms of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
»Treatments for Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a rare disorder that causes tumors in the pancreas and duodenum and ulcers in the stomach and duodenum. The pancreas is a gland located behind the stomach. It produces enzymes that break down fat, protein, and carbohydrates from food, and hormones like insulin that break down sugar. The duodenum is the top part of the small intestine.
The tumors are cancerous in 50 percent of cases. They secrete a substance called gastrin that causes the stomach to produce too much acid, which in turn causes the stomach and duodenal ulcers (peptic ulcers). The ulcers caused by Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are more painful and less responsive to treatment than ordinary peptic ulcers. (Source: excerpt from Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome: NIDDK)
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a rare disorder that causes tumors in the pancreas and duodenum and ulcers in the stomach and duodenum. The pancreas is a gland located behind the stomach. It produces enzymes that break down fat, protein, and carbohydrates from food, and hormones like insulin that break down sugar. The duodenum is the top part of the small intestine.
The tumors are cancerous in 50 percent of cases. They secrete a substance called gastrin that causes the stomach to produce too much acid, which in turn causes the stomach and duodenal ulcers (peptic ulcers). The ulcers caused by Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are more painful and less responsive to treatment than ordinary peptic ulcers. (Source: excerpt from Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome: NIDDK)
These medical disease topics may be related to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome:
Source: Diseases Database
Source - NIH
Source - CRISP
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - CRISP
Source - WordNet 2.1
The following list attempts to classify Zollinger-Ellison syndrome into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Source: Diseases Database
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