Helicobacter pylori infection. A reversible cause of hypergastrinemia and hyperchlorhydria which may mimic Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Dig Dis Sci. 1995 Jan;40(1):153-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02063959.

Abstract

The present report describes two patients with fasting hypergastrinemia, gastric acid hypersecretion, and Helicobacter pylori gastritis. Provocative testing for Zollinger-Ellison syndrome was negative and imaging studies did not demonstrate an intra-abdominal mass. Following eradication of the Helicobacter pylori infection, the fasting hypergastrinemia resolved in both patients and in one patient the gastric acid hypersecretion also resolved. The implications of this case on the differential diagnosis of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Gastric Acid / metabolism*
  • Gastrins / blood*
  • Gastritis / diagnosis
  • Gastritis / drug therapy
  • Gastritis / metabolism
  • Gastritis / microbiology*
  • Helicobacter Infections / complications
  • Helicobacter Infections / diagnosis*
  • Helicobacter Infections / drug therapy
  • Helicobacter Infections / metabolism
  • Helicobacter pylori*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Gastrins