a female patient of age 57yrs came iwth complaints of burning sensation after eating food ,since 1 month and associated with weight loss of about 4 kg in the past month . later patient complaints of severe loose stools of 8-10 stools .what is most common site of this condition ?
High-Yield Explanation
most common site of gastrinoma is passaro triangle or gastrinoma triangle Zollinger-Ellison syndrome I Clinical manifestation hypergastrinaemia caused gastrynoma: gastrin-producing tumor (1 or more) of the pancreas, colon, duodenum , peripancreatic lymph nodes, G-cells of the gastric mucosa (triangle gastrin) I Spread 2.1 cases / 500 000 1 60-80% of cases - benign I 1% of gastroduodenal ulcers I Gastrin> 100ph/m1 (N), 500-1000ph/ml) ref : bailey and love 27th ed