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Aggressive forms of gastric neuroendocrine tumors in multiple endocrine neoplasia type I.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Sept 1997
Bordi C, Falchetti A, Azzoni C, D'Adda T, Canavese G, Guariglia A, Santini D, Tomassetti P, Brandi M L
Abstract excerpt
In recent classifications of gastric endocrine tumors, tumors arising in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) are regarded to be regulated by the concomitant hypergastrinemia resulting from to pancreatic or, most commonly, duodenal gastrinomas and to have a benign behavior. In this article, we report on two cases of MEN-1 gastric neuroendocrine tumors having a fatal course. Case 1 was a young...
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