Glucagonoma risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2] Mohammed Abdelwahed M.D[3]

Overview

The most common risk factor in the development of glucagonoma is a positive family history of multiple endocrine neoplasia type1 which is characterized by the presence of pituitary adenomas, islet cell tumors of the pancreas, and hyperparathyroidism.

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  1. Afsharfard A, Atqiaee K, Lotfollahzadeh S, Alborzi M, Derakhshanfar A (2012). "Necrolytic migratory erythema as the first manifestation of glucagonoma". Case Rep Surg. 2012: 974210. doi:10.1155/2012/974210. PMC 3434377. PMID 22970401.
  2. Glucagonoma. U.S. National Library of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000326.htm