PP-oma
PP-oma
A pancreatic polypeptide-producing islet cell tumor–40% are malignant–and characterized by hypercalcemia, hyperglycemia, hypomagnesemia, muscle weakness. Cf Gastrinoma, Islet cell tumors, Pancreatic endocrine tumors, WDHA syndrome, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.