Resection of liver gastrinoma leading to persistent eugastrinemia. Case report.
In a 30-year-old man with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, the only detectable gastrinoma was in the right liver lobe. Removal of the lobe, without additional gastric surgery, was followed by normalization of the gastrin level. Long-term follow-up confirmed the good result. The usefulness of quick intraoperative gastrin assay is stressed.
Department of Emergency Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy.
O
O
Goletti
M
M
Chiarugi
P
P
Buccianti
A
A
Tortora
M
M
Castagna
P
P
Del Guerra
P
P
Viacava
E
E
Cavina
D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015408:Gastrinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D015043:Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*
D005755:Gastrins