| Autor: |
Wiroon Boonnuch, Thawatchai Akaraviputh, Parvinee Suwanagool |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2003 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Siriraj Medical Journal, Vol 55, Iss 2 (2003) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2228-8082 |
| Popis: |
A case report of a 2-cm glucagonoma at head of pancreas in 48-year old woman presented with obstructive jaundice. She had no manifestation of the glucahonoma syndrome. She underwent bylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPP). Immunohistochemical studies revealed that this tumor was a malignant glucagonoma. She made an uneventful recovery after the operation and was discharged from the hospital without complication. Six months later, she was found to have multiple liver metastases which did not response to chemotherapy and died 11 months after the operation with liver failure. |
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