Primary liver carcinoid tumour with a Zollinger Ellison syndrome - an unusual diagnosis: a case report

Carcinoids are neuroendocrine tumours which may secrete hormones like gastrin, insulin, ACTH, etc. Liver is a common site for metastasis of carcinoid origin and an unusual site for a primary carcinoid tumour to arise. We present the case of a 51-year-old Caucasian man with diarrhoea, weight loss, du...

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Autores principales: Rascarachi, Gabriela, Sierra, Mónica, Hernando, Mercedes, Diez, Rubén, Arias, Laura, Jorquera, Francisco, Vivas, Santiago, Olcoz, José Luis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918579
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6346

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918579
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6346

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