title: Giant gastrinoma in a child: case report and review.
abstract: Gastrinomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours. A 9-year-old boy who initially presented with recurrent upper abdominal pain and was managed as hyperacidity syndrome was later diagnosed to have a primary, retroperitoneal, extra pancreatic gastrinoma after an asymptomatic period of 6 years is presented. At the second presentation, the contrast-enhanced CT revealed an epigastric mass and serum gastrin was grossly elevated. A complete excision of the mass was done; histopathological evaluation showed a well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumour. At a year follow up, the child is asymptomatic and the review imaging and serum gastrin levels are normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, St. John's Medical College and Hospital, Johnnagara, Bangalore 560034, India.
authors.forename: Subramanya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kattepura
authors.forename: Kanishka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Marjorie Mariam Ann
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.forename: Harshad
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Devarabhavi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015408:Gastrinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery