Pedunculated islet-cell tumour of the duodenum

Pedunculated islet-cell tumour of the duodenum.

An unusual islet-cell tumour found at necropsy in a patient who had died from a myocardial infarction is described. Of particular interest were the pedunculated nature and large size of the tumour. The clinical features of the case are considered. Four islet-cell tumours in the duodenum have previously been reported and it seems probable that such tumours arise in heterotopic pancreas.

Islet Cell Tumour of the Pancreas

Dr. A. D. Mclnnes: This is the case of a young housewife aged 25, admitted under the care of Dr. Birrell on the 19th August, 1955, in an unconscious state. The history obtained from the husband was that of a 2^-year history of attacks of unconsciousness. At the beginning of her illness, in February 1953, she did not actually lose consciousness but behaved in a peculiar manner for up to two hour...

Giant Pedunculated Tumour on the Finger

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the duodenum.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs) of the duodenum and head of the pancreas are rare. They are of probable immunological aetiology and preoperatively indistinguishable from adenocarcinomas of the pancreatic head. We describe a patient with duodenal IMT and gastric outlet obstruction, and present a review of pancreatic head and duodenal IMTs in the literature. IMTs of the pancreatic hea...

Islet-cell tumour of the pancreas, with hypoglycaemia.

Insulin-secreting tumours of the pancreas may present considerable problems in diagnosis and not a little difficulty in treatment. If the possibility of hypoglycaemia being the cause of attacks of altered consciousness associated with autonomic disturbance is thought of, it is not difficult to demonstrate its existence, but it is more difficult to demonstrate with certainty that such hypoglycae...