TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastrinomas in MEN-1
AU - Passaro, Edward
AU - Howard, Tom
AU - Sawicki, Mark
AU - Pipeleers-Marichal, Miriam
AU - Klöppel, Günter
PY - 1990/8/2
Y1 - 1990/8/2
N2 - To the Editor: We were struck by the report of Pipeleers-Marichal et al. (March 15 issue)1 that the gastrinomas in eight patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) and the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome were located in the proximal duodenum and periduodenal areas. In contrast, a recent report notes that in 9 of 14 resected pancreatic specimens from patients with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and MEN-1, one or more gastrinomas were identified.2 Surprisingly, in both reports the gastrinomas were found in the region of the proximal duodenum and the head of the pancreas, an area that we have found to contain…
AB - To the Editor: We were struck by the report of Pipeleers-Marichal et al. (March 15 issue)1 that the gastrinomas in eight patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) and the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome were located in the proximal duodenum and periduodenal areas. In contrast, a recent report notes that in 9 of 14 resected pancreatic specimens from patients with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and MEN-1, one or more gastrinomas were identified.2 Surprisingly, in both reports the gastrinomas were found in the region of the proximal duodenum and the head of the pancreas, an area that we have found to contain…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199008023230518
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199008023230518
M3 - Letter
C2 - 1973264
AN - SCOPUS:0025698594
VL - 323
SP - 349
EP - 350
JO - The New England journal of medicine
JF - The New England journal of medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 5
ER -