Malignant duodenal somatostatinoma presenting in association with von Recklinghausen disease.

Journal: The American Surgeon
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Abstract

Somatostatinomas are extremely rare periampullary malignant neuroendocrine tumors that may be associated with von Recklinghausen disease or type-I neurofibromatosis. Duodenal somatostatinomas are distinguished from pancreatic somatostatinomas by their frequent association with type-I neurofibromatosis and typically absence of somatostatinoma syndrome. We report a very rare and atypical case of malignant duodenal somatostatinoma presenting with somatostatinoma syndrome in association with type-I neurofibromatosis.

Authors
Vijaykumar Patel, Vernon Henderson, David Fairweather, James Fortson, William Weaver, David Martin, Ralph Lyons, Amir Hamami