Open AccessMULTIPLE NONFUNCTIONAL PANCREATIC ISLET CELL TUMOR IN MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE I
Author(s) -
Takahashi Hitoshi,
Nakano Kazuro,
Adachi Yukihiko,
Aoki Norihiko,
Hajiro Kiyoshi,
Yamamoto Toshio,
Higashizawa Tomoteru,
Chikugo Takaaki,
Suzuki Tsuneyuki
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1988.tb02339.x
Subject(s) - multiple endocrine neoplasia , islet , enteroendocrine cell , endocrine system , pathology , pancreas , medicine , cancer research , biology , insulin , gene , hormone , genetics
A case of multiple nonfunctional pancreatic islet cell tumor in multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN I) is reported. The patient was a 41‐year‐old woman who had a past history of thyroid cancer (papillary carcinoma) and hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid adenoma. Later, a nonfunctional pituitary tumor and Ave nonfunctional pancreatic tumors were found simultaneously and the patient was finally diagnosed as having MEN I. Following surgical enucleation, the pancreatic tumors were histopathologlcally diagnosed as benign islet cell tumors. One of them (tumor 3) exhibited a solid nodular pattern while the others showed gyriform patterns. They were divided histochemlcally and immunohistochemically into three types: two (tumors 1 and 2) produced a single hormone (glucagon), one (tumor 3) produced five (Insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, gastrin and pancreatic polypeptide) and the remaining two (tumors 4 and 5) produced two (glucagon and pancreatic polypeptide). Electron microscopically, three types of endosecretory granules were found in the tumor cells of tumor 3 but only one type was found in tumor 4. However, in the tumor 4 extract, glucagon, pancreatic polypeptide, C‐peptlde, somatostatin, vasoactive intestinal peptide and growth hormone releasing factor were detected by radioimmunoassay. These findings suggest that these pancreatic tumors were both multicellular and multihormonal.