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| Abstract: | A case of islet cell tumor occurring in a patient with the multiple endocrine neoplasia type I syndrome is reported. Immunostaining for insulin was strongly positive in the tumor cells. Numerous dense-core granules of endocrine caliber were identified ultrastructurally. Morphometric analysis of the secretory granules in 20 islet cell tumors gave a granule size of 182 ? 52 nm (mean ? standard deviation). |
| Keywords: | islet cell tumor multiple endocrine neoplasm type I syndrome |