Endocrine medications pancreas

Uncommon causes of diabetes (1% to 2% of cases) include endocrine disorders (e.g., acromegaly, Cushing s syndrome), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), diseases of the exocrine pancreas (e.g., pancreatitis), and medications (e.g., glucocorticoids, pentamidine, niacin, and a-interferon). 

Peavey DE. The endocrine pancreas. In Rhoades RA, Tanner GA, eds. Medical Physiology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2003. 

Islets of Langerhans are clusters of endocrine cells in the pancreas. One distinguishes the gjucagon-secreting A cells, the insulin-secteting B cells and the somatostatin-secreting D cells. (Named after Paul Langerhans who first described such clusters of ceUs as a medical student in 1869). 

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