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Glucagonoma
Symptoms & Signs
- Diarrhea
- Excess thirst
- Frequent urination
- Increased appetite
- Inflamed mouth and tongue
- Nighttime (nocturnal) urination
- Skin rash on face, abdomen, buttocks, or lower extremities that comes and goes, and moves around
- May be crusty or scaly
- May be raised sores (lesions) filled with clear fluid or pus
- Unintentional weight loss
Diagnosis & Tests
Signs include: Most of the time the cancer has already spread to the liver when it is diagnosed. Tests may include:
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Review Date : 9/4/2008
Reviewed By : Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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