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Glucagonoma diagnosed by arterial stimulation and venous sampling (ASVS).
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2009
Okauchi Yukiyoshi, Nammo Takao, Iwahashi Hiromi, Kizu Takashi, Hayashi Isao, Okita Kohei, Yamagata Kazuya, Uno Sae, Katsube Fumie, Matsuhisa Munehide, Kato Ken, Aozasa Katsuyuki, Kim Tonsok, Osuga Keigo, Nakamori Shoji, Tamaki Yasuhiro, Funahashi Tohru, Miyagawa Jun-ichiro, Shimomura Iichiro
Abstract excerpt
To identify the location of pancreatic endocrine tumors, arterial stimulation and venous sampling (ASVS) is known to be useful for insulinoma and gastrinoma, but its usefulness for glucagonoma has not been verified to date. Here we report a case of glucagonoma that was diagnosed by ASVS with calcium loading, in which an approximately 6-fold increase of glucagon was observed in the splenic artery territory. MEN1...
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