Secretin Stimulation Test: Sensitivity and Specificity

Introduction: None written. Excerpt from the entry in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome:
gastrin rise > 120 pg/ml (in normal patients, secretin should inhibit gastrin production)

Sensitivity is only 83% if cutoff is >200pg/ml rise.

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Associated Diagnoses:

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

94% sensitive, 100% specific

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

86% sensitive, 93% specific