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Preferred term

Glucagonoma  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An almost always malignant GLUCAGON-secreting tumor derived from the PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS. It is characterized by a distinctive migratory ERYTHEMA; WEIGHT LOSS; STOMATITIS; GLOSSITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; hypoaminoacidemia; and normochromic normocytic ANEMIA.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Adenoma, alpha-Cell
  • alpha-Cell Tumor
  • Glucagonoma Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • Adénome des cellules alpha
  • Syndrome du glucagonome
  • Tumeur des cellules alpha

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TZGFCK5F-R

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