necrolytic migratory erythema/abdominal pain

Necrolytic migratory erythema is a rare paraneoplastic dermatosis that may be the first clinical manifestation of the glucagonoma syndrome, a disorder characterized by mucocutaneous rash, glucose intolerance, hypoaminoacidemia, hyperglucagonaemia and pancreatic glucagonoma. The clinical case of a

OBJECTIVE To review the clinical features associated with hyperglucagonemia in malignant neuroendocrine tumors. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with hyperglucagonemia encountered at our institution from Oct. 17, 1988, through February 1993 who had a fasting serum

BACKGROUND Glucagonomas are rare, frequently malignant tumours, arising from the Langerhans' islets of the pancreas. They usually secrete large amounts of glucagon that can cause a characteristic "glucagonoma syndrome", which includes necrolytic migratory erythema, glucose intolerance or diabetes,