Somatostatinoma syndrome: a challenging differential diagnosis among pancreatic tumors

• मुख्य लेखकों: Paula Martinez Vianna (लेखक), Cristiane Rúbia Ferreira (लेखक), Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: University of São Paulo, 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Among the neuroendocrine neoplasia, the pancreatic somatostatin-producing tumors are very rare. Usually functional, these tumors produce the somatostatinoma syndrome, which encompasses diabetes mellitus, diarrhea/steatorrhoea, and cholelithiasis. Other symptoms may include dyspepsia, weight loss, an...