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Pancreatic VIP-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor
A usually malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor producing vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). It may or may not be associated with inappropriate secretion of VIP and an associated clinical syndrome. (NCI Thesaurus)
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