Table 1 Demographic data and laboratory values.

From: Characteristics, therapy, and outcome of rare functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

Patient No

Gender

Age at Dx

Age at initial surgery

Symptoms before surgery

Tumor localisation

Serum hormone elevated

Serum hormone level before first surgery elevated (x-fold)§

CgA level before first surgery elevated (x-fold)§

1*

M

31

32

WDHA, abdominal pain

tail

VIP

10-fold

NA

2

F

61

73

WDHA

tail

VIP

2-fold

2.6-fold

3

M

60

70

WDHA, weight loss

tail

VIP

2.5-fold

21.8-fold

4

F

68

70

abdominal pain

tail

calcitonin

20.6-fold

15-fold

5

M

54

54

abdominal pain

tail

calcitonin

189-fold

NA

6

M

69

69

abdominal pain, weight loss

head

calcitonin

16.5-fold

2-fold

7

F

66

66

abdominal pain

tail

calcitonin

17.6-fold

not elevated

8

F

62

62

diarrhea, abdominal pain

tail

calcitonin

15-fold

2.7-fold

9

F

49

50

NME, wasting, anemia

tail

glucagon

46-fold

56-fold

10

M

66

66

NME, foot and leg exanthem, weight loss, diarrhea

head

glucagon

26.5-fold

1.2-fold

11

M

73

73

diarrhea, nausea, vomiting

head

glucagon

3-fold

2.6-fold

12

M

27

28

diabetes mellitus, weight loss

tail

glucagon

2.3-fold

not elevated

  1. F female, M male, Dx Dignosis, VIP vasoactive intestinal peptide, NME necrolytic migratory erythema, WDHA watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria, NA not available.
  2. *associated with MEN 1.
  3. §factor of upper limit of normal range.