Primary lymph node gastrinoma: a case report

Odelowo, O.O.; Nidiry, J.J.; Zulu, S.H.

Journal of the National Medical Association 95(2): 168-171

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0027-9684
PMID: 12760612
Document Number: 555034
The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome consists of severe peptic ulceration, acid hypersecretion, and islet tumors known as gastrinomas. The discovery of gastrinomas in unusual locations such as lymph nodes, bones, ovaries, and the liver poses a diagnostic dilemma as to whether the tumor is primary or metastatic. Here we present a case of a primary gastrinoma within a lymph node.

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