Glucagonoma

Glucagonoma is a rare, functioning type of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET; see this term) that hypersecretes glucagon, leading to a syndrome comprised of necrolytic migratory erythema, diabetes mellitus, anemia, weight loss, mucosal abnormalities, thromboembolism, gastrointestinal and neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Thrombocytopenia

A reduction in the number of circulating thrombocytes.


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Myelodysplastic Syndrome with t(1;7) Associated with Marked Dysmegakarypoiesis & Severe Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Gilbertson M, Tuckfield A, Juneja S.
Case Rep Hematol. 2012;2012:167653.
We present the case of a 70-year-old woman who had a bone marrow examination performed to investigate marked thrombocytopenia in the context of a recent history of metastatic glucagonoma.