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DEFINITION
- Rare somatostatin-producing neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) which arise primarily in the pancreas (from D cells) and duodenum
- May or may not secrete excess somatostatin, called somatostatin syndrome.
- Somatostatin inhibits the secretion of endocrine hormones including insulin which contributes to diabetes as well as paracrine hormones including cholecystokinin, VIP, GIP, PP[11]
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Last updated: February 26, 2015
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TY - ELEC
T1 - Somatostatinoma
ID - 547136
A1 - Sabet,Amin,M.D.
AU - Srinath,Reshmi,M.D.
Y1 - 2015/02/26/
PB - Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide
UR - https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547136/all/Somatostatinoma
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