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Pancreatic endocrine tumour producing growth hormone-releasing hormone associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type I syndrome.

We report the first documentation of GHRH production by a tumour associated with proven multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN). A 30-year-old woman had hypoglycaemia, hyperparathyroidism, and pituitary adenoma with hyperprolactinaemia. Serum growth hormone elevation was attributed to hypoglycaemia but plasma GHRH was elevated. Subtotal pancreatectomy revealed multiple endocrine tumours and nesidioblastosis. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin in several tumours. GHRH was localized in the largest one and was released from that tumour in vitro. Post-operative plasma GH returned to normal. Excess secretion of humoural factors by one tumour may stimulate growth of other tumours in MEN syndromes. The prevalence of GHRH in MEN-I tumours remains to be established.[1]

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  1. Pancreatic endocrine tumour producing growth hormone-releasing hormone associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type I syndrome. Asa, S.L., Singer, W., Kovacs, K., Horvath, E., Murray, D., Colapinto, N., Thorner, M.O. Acta Endocrinol. (1987) [Pubmed]
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