title: Uncommon case of gastrinoma in a child.
abstract: Gastrinoma is a kind of neuroendocrine tumor very rare in children. It can be described as solitary and has been reported in the liver and in the kidney; or as part of MEN type I (tumors of parathyroids, pancreatic islets and pituitary). We report here, a solitary and huge pancreatic gastrinoma in a young girl with a Zollinger-Ellison (Z-E) syndrome, whose diagnosis was delayed by misunderstanding of the symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital General de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Eire
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Pereira
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barca Rodriguez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varela Cives
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015408:Gastrinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015043:Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins