Abstract:Background: Pancreatic glucagonoma is a rare neuroendocrine neoplasm with malignant potential. At present, clinicians have a poor understanding of the disease, and the current epidemiology, diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of the disease have not been fully established.
Case presentation: Herein, we report two patients with such tumors, one a 60-year-old woman hospitalized for blood glucose elevation and recurrent necrolytic migratory erythema (NME) of the trunk and limbs. Imaging studies showed an area (… Show more
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