Diabetes mellitus associated with pancreatic somatostatin tumor: A case report

Bing Han, MD; Hualin Zhai, MD; Jiao Yu, MD; Fangzhen Xia, MD; Yingli Lu, MD

Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports (Dec 2016)

Diabetes mellitus associated with pancreatic somatostatin tumor: A case report

Bing Han, MD,
Hualin Zhai, MD,
Jiao Yu, MD,
Fangzhen Xia, MD,
Yingli Lu, MD

Affiliations

Bing Han, MD: Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
Hualin Zhai, MD: Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
Jiao Yu, MD: Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
Fangzhen Xia, MD: Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
Yingli Lu, MD: Corresponding author. Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China. Tel.: +86 21 23271699; Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2
pp. 20 – 22

Abstract

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The finding of diabetes in association with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) in patients is uncommon. Here, we describe a 74-year-old diabetes patient with a tumor in the pancreatic head. Calcification in the central part of the tumor and significant expansion of the pancreatic duct were also detected. In addition, the patient had a gallstone, which was surgically resected. During surgery, the pancreatic tumor was biopsied. DNA was extracted from peripheral leukocytes, and MEN1 was excluded by direct sequencing of the MEN1 gene. After biochemical and immunohistochemical analyses, a pancreatic somatostatin tumor was diagnosed. Keywords: Specific type, Diabetes, Pancreatic somatostatin tumor

Published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports

ISSN: 2214-6245 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-clinical-and-translational-endocrinology-case-reports/

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