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Thirty-year survival with an untreated malignant duodenal somatostatinoma |
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| Authors: | Jan Ulfberg MD Tibor Tot MD PhD Erik Wilander MD PhD |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pathology, Falun Central Hospital, Falun, Sweden;(2) Department of Pathology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden;(3) Department of Internal Medicine, Avesta Hospital, S-774 82 Avesta, Sweden |
| Abstract: | Gastrointestinal somatostatinomas are rare. Only 56 cases with duodenal origin have been reported in the literature. The long-term course of an untreated tumor like this is unknown. We report a case of a male patient who lived 30 yr with an untreated metastatic duodenal somatostatinoma. This case suggests that a duodenal somatostatinoma may be of low malignant potential and that expectancy when treating this tumor might be indicated. |
| Keywords: | Somatostatinoma |
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