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pancreatic islet-cell tumors

• insulinoma (beta-cell)
  • usually solitary, 85% benign

• gastrinoma
  • small, slow-growing, multiple, 60% malignant
  • Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: mult. intractable ulcers

• VIPoma
  • vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)
  • WDHA syndrome: watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, achlorhydria
  • Verner-Morrison syndrome

• glucagonoma
  • hyperglycemia, migratory necrolytic erythema

  APUDomas, associated with MEN-1

Related CHORUS documents: Zollinger-Ellison syndrome MEN-1 (Wermer) syndrome acute pancreatitis Verner-Morrison (WDHA) syndrome liver metastases chronic pancreatitis: surgical treatment

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