Zollinger-Ellison syndrome due to a borderline mucinous cystadenoma of the ovary.
A Zollinger-Ellison syndrome due to an ovarian mucinous cystadenoma of borderline malignancy is reported in a 76-year-old woman. Immunostaining procedures showed reactivity for gastrin in neoplastic cells. After operation, the patient has remained without symptoms for 6 years. This is the fifth case reported in the literature. All of these ovarian tumors were considered mucinous cystadenomas histologically.
Garcia-Villanueva
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Department of Pathology, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Badia Figuerola
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Ruiz del Arbol
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Hernandez Ortiz
M J
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D000368:Aged; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005755:Gastrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015043:Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*
D005755:Gastrins; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic