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.

Ketoacidosis

Acidosis resulting from accumulation of ketone bodies.


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PMID (PMCID)
2836444
 FEMALE Middle Aged
[Malignant endocrine tumor of the pancreas and ensuing clinical syndromes].
Boumghar M.
J Chir (Paris). 1988;125(3):174-7.
The evolution after resection by distal pancreatectomy was remarkable for the successive occurrence of a Zollinger-Ellison syndrome which was resistant to a gastric resection, then a hyperglycemia coma with ketoacidosis and finally a glucagonoma syndrome.