[Peripancreatic sporadic gastrinoma]

Tunis Med. 2010 Oct;88(10):761-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Background: The peri-pancreatic sporadic gastrinoma represents a paradigm of digestive endocrinology. It was originally an abnormal secretion of gastrin fits the syndrome Zollinger-Ellison.

Aim: The objective of our work is to clarify the diagnostic strategy and therapeutic conduct of gastrinoma.

Case: We report the case of a patient aged 42 years, hospitalized for bleeding duodenal ulcer, revealed a Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. The different explorations have shown that it was a primitive péripancréatique sporadic gastrinoma. In surgery, we discover a rétropancréatique tumor associated to a stenosis post-bulbar ulcer. It was conducted a enucleation of the tumor with vagotomie troncular and gastroenteroanastomosis. The forecast was favourable with normalization of the values of gastrinémie.

Conclusion: The sporadic gastrinoma is rare, its emphasis is increasingly being facilitated by the technology of modern medical imaging, belonging to a polyendocrinopathie must be systematic search. Treatment of pancreatic gastrinoma is multidisciplinary. Surgery is the only cure for this disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Gastrinoma / pathology
  • Gastrinoma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*