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Gastric ulcer due to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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Link to WHO Definition

Gastric ulcer due to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1921767658

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a rare cause of gastric ulcer secondary to gastric acid hypersecretion due to unregulated gastrin release from a non-? cell endocrine tumour (gastrinoma) of pancreas or duodenum.