DEFINITION
- Rare somatostatin-producing neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) which arise primarily in the pancreas and duodenum
- Associated with diabetes since high somatostatin levels suppress insulin secretion[1]
Somatostatinoma was found in Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide.
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