Primary Lymph Node Gastrinoma: A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain in Childhood

ÇITAK E. Ç., TAŞKINLAR H., ARPACI R. B., APAYDIN F. D., CEYLAN GÜNAY E., Tanriverdi H., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY, cilt.35, sa.5, ss.394-398, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

Gastrinoma is a hormone-secreting tumor associated with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. It is quite rare among children. The discovery of gastrinomas in unusual locations such as lymph nodes, bones, ovaries, and the liver poses a diagnostic dilemma as to whether the tumor is primary or metastatic. Here, we present a case of a primary gastrinoma within a lymph node.