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A SOMATOSTATIN-secreting tumor derived from the pancreatic delta cells (SOMATOSTATIN-SECRETING CELLS). It is also found in the INTESTINE. Somatostatinomas are associated with DIABETES MELLITUS; CHOLELITHIASIS; STEATORRHEA; and HYPOCHLORHYDRIA. The majority of somatostatinomas have the potential for METASTASIS.
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- Somatostatinomas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coord IM with PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS (IM) or other precoord organ/neopl term (IM) if primary; this is a delta cell tumor
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91(82); was see under ISLET CELL TUMOR 1982-90
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- Islet Cell Tumor (1966-1981)
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- National Library of Medicine. Somatostatinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013005. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013005
- Somatostatinoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatostatinoma
- Somatostatinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1736456