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the Gastrointestinal
Tract and Pancreas
ANDREU LEO F. LOMINOQUE, MD
General Features
Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors
• fasting hypergastrinemia
• increased basal gastric acid output (BAO) (hyperchlorhydria)
• potent gastric acid suppressant drugs such as proton pump inhibi
tors (PPIs) (omeprazole, esomeprazole, pantoprazole, lansoprazole,
rabeprazole) can suppress acid secretion sufficiently to cause hype
rgastrinemia
GASTRINOMA
(ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME)
Treatment
• controlled in almost every case by oral gastric antisecr
etory drugs
• With long-term PPI use in ZES patients, vitamin B12 de
ficiency can develop; thus, vitamin B1 levels should be
assessed during followup
INSULINOMAS
Diagnosis
Treatment