Endocrine Abstracts

Neuroendocrine tumours are uncommon and often present difficult therapeutic challenges. They may be composed of different cell types and are often multihormonal. We present the case of a 75 year-old man diagnosed to have a glucagonoma in 1995. He was deemed unfit for curative surgery and was managed medically including insulin therapy for control of hyperglycaemia. Over the next 7 years the patient became progressive more symptomatic due to increase in tumour size and hepatic ...