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A primary malignant neoplasm of the pancreatic ISLET CELLS. Usually it involves the non-INSULIN-producing cell types, the PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS and the pancreatic delta cells (SOMATOSTATIN-SECRETING CELLS) in GLUCAGONOMA and SOMATOSTATINOMA, respectively.
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- Carcinoma, Islet Cell
- Islet Cell Tumor, Malignant
- Carcinomas, Islet Cell
- Islet Cell Carcinomas
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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, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coord IM with PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS (IM)
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- Adenoma, Islet Cell (1966-1993)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Islet Cell Carcinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018273. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018273
- Islet Cell Carcinoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_neuroendocrine_tumor
- Islet Cell Carcinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6084258