A Case of Diabetes Mellitus Caused by Calcitonin and Somatostatin Secreting Pancreatic Islet Tumor.
- Author:
Jae Hoon CHUNG
;
Kwang Won KIM
;
Byoung Joon KIM
;
Sung Hoon KIM
;
Kyung Ah KIM
;
Myung Sik LEE
;
Moon Gyu LEE
;
Yong Ki MIN
;
Jong Ryol HAM
;
Dong Joon KIM
;
Hoe Jung LEE
;
Young Ryoon OH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pancreas Islet Cell Tumor;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Calcitonin;
Somatostatin
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biopsy, Needle;
Calcitonin*;
Cytoplasm;
Diabetes Mellitus*;
Diarrhea;
Dyspepsia;
Eosinophils;
Glucose;
Glucose Tolerance Test;
Humans;
Islets of Langerhans*;
Neuroendocrine Tumors;
Pancreatectomy;
Reference Values;
Somatostatin*;
Splenectomy;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of Korean Society of Endocrinology
1999;14(2):425-431
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of 39-year-old diabetic patient with a calcitonin and somatostatin secreting pancreatic islet tumor is presented. He had suffered from chronic diarrhea and dyspepsia for 10 years and was diagnosed with diabetes 2 years ago. Abdominal CT revealed a huge abdominal mass which was considered as a neuroendocrine tumor after US-guided needle biopsy. A distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy were performed. Histologically, tumor cells, amanged in solid sheets, showed small nuclei without significant atypia and granular eosinophilic cytoplasm. Tumor cells showed strong immunoreacitivity for calcitonin and somatostatin. The serum clacitonin was markedly elevated (268.7 pmol/L, normal range; 0.9-7.6 pmol/L). After resection of the tumor, diarrhea and dyspepsia diappeared, and oral glucose tolerance test showed normal glucose tolerance with normalization of calcitonin.
