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Abstract
A benign tumor of the pancreatic ISLET CELLS. Usually it involves the INSULIN-producing PANCREATIC BETA CELLS, as in INSULINOMA, resulting in HYPERINSULINISM.
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- Adenoma, Islet Cell
- Adenomas, Islet Cell
- Islet Cell Adenomas
- Island Cell Tumor
- Islet Cell Tumor
- Islet of Langerhans Tumor
- Nesidioblastoma
- Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumors
- Island Cell Tumors
- Islet Cell Tumors
- Langerhans Tumor Islet
- Nesidioblastomas
- Tumor Islet, Langerhans
- Tumor, Island Cell
- Tumor, Islet Cell
- Tumors, Island Cell
- Tumors, Islet Cell
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; ALPHA-CELL TUMOR see GLUCAGONOMA; BETA-CELL TUMOR see INSULINOMA and pancreatic delta-cell tumor see SOMATOSTATINOMA are available
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History Note
94; was ISLET CELL TUMOR 1963-93
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Islet Cell Adenoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007516. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007516
- Islet Cell Adenoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66759383