Successful surgical resection of an hepatic gastrinoma in a child.
An 8-year-old boy with persistent duodenal ulceration was found to have hypergastrinaemia due to a solitary hepatic gastrinoma. Surgical resection has been followed by total clinical remission for a period exceeding 2 years.
D002648:Child; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D015043:Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*
D005755:Gastrins