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Endocrine cells of the gastric oxyntic mucosa, and especially the enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells, are the progenitors of gastrin-promoted proliferative lesions whose tumorigenic potential largely depends on the background condition in which they arise. Hypertrophic gastropathy due to the familial multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN-1)-associated or sporadic Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES), diffuse chronic atrophic gastritis restricted to the corpus-fundus (type A CAG), with or without associated pernicious anemia, and Helicobacter pylori-related multifocal chronic atrophic gastritis are the usual background for such growths. The endocrine cell lesions have been classified as pseudohyperplasia (cell clustering unassociated with cell proliferation), hyperplasia (diffuse, linear, micronodular, adenomatoid), dysplasia (enlarged, adenomatous or fused micronodules, microinfiltration, nodular growth), and neoplasia (intramucosal or invasive carcinoids). The entire spectrum of endocrine cell proliferation, from hyperplasia to dysplasia and neoplasia, has been observed in MEN-ZES and diffuse type A CAG. Both hyperplastic and pseudohyperplastic changes occur with some frequency in the H. pylori-related chronic gastritis associated with ulcer disease or dyspepsia. However, because no progression to dysplastic or neoplastic lesions has thus far been documented in these latter conditions, their role in gastric endocrine cell tumorigenesis appears negligible.
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PMID:Hyperplastic, dysplastic, and neoplastic enterochromaffin-like-cell proliferations of the gastric mucosa. Classification and histogenesis. 776 35

Zollinger Ellison Syndrome (ZES) is characterized by a wide spectrum of conditions including severe gastroesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcer disease, watery diarrhea, and weight loss. We present a case of a 60-year-old woman being evaluated for severe dyspepsia, vomiting, and chronic diarrhea, who was diagnosed to have ZES associated with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, in the setting of multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 1. Although cases of ZES have been reported previously, we believe that our case is a classic presentation of ZES diagnosed on the basis of typical radiologic, endoscopic, and endosonographic features.
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PMID:Zollinger Ellison Syndrome in a Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1: A Classic Presentation. 3127 70