Asymptomatic glucagonoma presenting with an isolated hepatic nodule

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 1093-1096

  De Giorgio, Roberto ^a   Migliori, Marina ^a   Lalli, Sergio ^a   Montini, Gian Carlo ^a   Gullo, Lucio ^a   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^a   Bordi, Cesare ^b   Tomassetti, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign and malignant glucagonoma; Digestive system; Endocrine tumors; Glucagon; Glucagonoma syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCAGONOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER NODULE; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031668896     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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