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VIPoma with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 identified as an atypical gene mutation.
BMJ case reports - 12 Nov 2015
Fujiya Atsushi, Kato Makoto, Shibata Taiga, Sobajima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
A 47-year-old man presented with persistent diarrhoea and hypokalaemia. CT revealed 4 pancreatic tumours that appeared to be VIPomas, because the patient had an elevated plasma vasoactive intestinal polypeptide level. MRI showed a low-intensity area in the pituitary suggestive of a pituitary tumour, and a parathyroid tumour was detected by ultrasonography and 99Tc-MIBI scintigraphy. Given these results, the...
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