ea0020p208 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2009
Ardill Joy
, Armstrong Lee
, McCance David
, Johnston Brian
Before the use of potent acid suppressing drugs and in particular proton pump inhibiters (PPI), most patients with gastrinoma presented with ZollingerEllison syndrome and diagnosis was problematic in only a few. In recent years, the syndrome is rarely seen and gastrinoma patients present with less overt symptoms and hypergastrinaemia which may be mild. Increasingly patients present later.In the population, hypergastrinaemia most commonly occurs bec...