A report of a gastrinoma localized preoperatively by endoscopic ultrasound only and a review of the approach to imaging in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

R Bloomfeld; J Bornstein; P Jowell

doi:10.1159/000016957

A report of a gastrinoma localized preoperatively by endoscopic ultrasound only and a review of the approach to imaging in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Dig Dis. 1999;17(5-6):316-8. doi: 10.1159/000016957.

Authors

R Bloomfeld¹, J Bornstein, P Jowell

Affiliation

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA. bloom005@mc.duke.edu

PMID: 10838489
DOI: 10.1159/000016957

Abstract

The addition of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy and endoscopic ultrasound to the preoperative assessment of patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome has improved the ability to localize gastrinomas. We report a patient with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome with a gastrinoma localized preoperatively by endoscopic ultrasound only. We review the literature regarding the sensitivity of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy and endoscopic ultrasound and discuss the approach to imaging in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Endosonography*
Gastrinoma / diagnostic imaging*
Gastrinoma / etiology
Humans
Male
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / etiology
Preoperative Care
Radionuclide Imaging
Receptors, Somatostatin
Sensitivity and Specificity
Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / complications*

Substances

Receptors, Somatostatin