Somatostatinoma
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| Somatostatinoma Classification and external resources |
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| ICD-O: | 8156 |
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| DiseasesDB | 12277 |
| eMedicine | med/2145 |
| MeSH | D013005 |
Somatostatinoma is a tumor of the delta cells of the endocrine pancreas that produces somatostatin.
It is associated with diabetes mellitus and abnormal glucose tolerance.
Triad of : Mild Diabetes mellitus, Steatorrhoea, Gall stones.
Commonly found in head of pancreas, and are malignant.
Elevated plasma levels of Somatostatin.
[edit] Treatment
Treatment is by chemotherapy with streptozocin, dacarbazine, doxorubicin.
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