Pancreatic glucagonoma presenting as a pulmonary mass.
Clin Transl Oncol
; 11(1): 60-2, 2009 Jan.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19155206
ABSTRACT
Glucagonoma is an uncommon disease, a neuroendocrine tumour that develops from glucagon-producing pancreatic cells. They are usually slow-growing, but generally advanced at diagnosis, and metastatic disease is virtually incurable. Liver is the most common site of metastatic disease. We present the case of a 48-year-old man with a glucagonoma being diagnosed from a pulmonary mass. This case had no liver affection in the whole evolution of the disease, and showed a particularly aggressive course, with very little response to all therapies administered, and a survival from diagnosis of just 16 months.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Glucagonoma
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article