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DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1745333
AN UNEXPECTED DIAGNOSIS OF PRIMARY JEJUNAL GASTRINOMA
Gastrinoma is an infrequent neuroendocrine tumor (NET), is rarely located in an ectopic site and primary jejunal gastrinoma is aneddotical. Sometimes Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES), multiple recurrent ulcers in the gastrointestinal tract due to hypergastrinemia, is associated.
Here we show the video case-report of a 72-year-old man with multiple duodenal and jejunal ulcers, caused by an ectopic gastrinoma, localizated at the Treitz ligament level, adhering to the first jejunal loop.
Although ectopic site gastrinoma is usually in a difficult position to reach, we should consider endoscopic approach, prime to obtain an histologic diagnosis and to treat this condition.
Publication History
Article published online:
14 April 2022
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