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A 43 year old man is presented who suffered from the association of a toxic adenoma of the thyroid gland and a Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) due to a metastasizing duodenal gastrinoma. There were no other signs of a multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome, type I (MEN-I). The patient presented here shows that the association of ZES and thyroid disease may also occur in patients with sporadic ZES.
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Theile, R., Scharplatz, D., Stamm, B. et al. Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, duodenal carcinoid (Gastrinoma), and Hyperthyroidism. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 415, 577–578 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00718653
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