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897972

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
In two patients with the glucagonoma syndrome, percutaneous transhepatic puncture of the portal vein and catheterization of the pancreatic veins were performed simultaneously with catheterization of the inferior vena cava and abdominal aorta. Blood samples obtained from the vena cava, aorta and portal branches were assayed for glucagon. In both patients, clearcut arteriovenous glucagon differences allowed preoperative localization of the tumors. A comparison with other localization techniques, such as scintiscan, ultrasound, arteriography and pancreatic phlebography, showed the present method to be superior. Postoperatively, the same investigations were performed revealing arterial and venous glucagon levels comparable to the levels measured in a reference group of three patients without glucagonomas. The triple catheterization technique is advocated for all patients with clinical and laboratory findings that suggest pancreatic endocrine tumors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0039-6087
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
509-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Localization of glucagonomas by catheterization of the pancreatic veins and with glucagon assay.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study