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| Also known as:
| '''Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome'''
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==Description==
A gastrinoma is a neoplasm of pancreatic islet cells that secretes the hormone gastrin, an example of a ectopic paraneoplastic disease. The disease was first described by Zollinger and Ellison in humans in 1955 and it has since been recognised occasionally in dogs and cats.
The excessive secretion of gastrin leads to hyperstimulation of gastric acid production from the parietal cells of the stomach.
[http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=7762 Image of pancreatic garstrinoma in a dog from Cornell Veterinary Medicine]
[http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=7762 Image of pancreatic garstrinoma in a dog from Cornell Veterinary Medicine]
*Described in dogs, cats
*Described in dogs, cats