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Endocrine glands

• Diarrhea
• Excessive thirst (due to high blood sugar)
• Frequent urination (due to high blood sugar)
• Increased appetite
• Inflamed mouth and tongue
• Nighttime (nocturnal) urination
• Skin rash on face, abdomen, buttocks, or feet that comes and goes, and moves around
  • May be crusty or scaly
  • May be raised sores (lesions) filled with clear fluid or pus
• Unintentional weight loss

Signs include:

• Glucose intolerance
• High blood sugar (hyperglycemia)

Most of the time the cancer has already spread to the liver when it is diagnosed.

Tests may include:

• CT scan of the abdomen
• Glucagon level in the blood
• Glucose level in the blood

Review Date: 12/28/2010
Reviewed By: David C Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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