The Health-Care Provider Prescribes a Fasting Serum Gastrin Level Test

The health-care provider prescribes a fasting serum gastrin level test and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan for symptoms of peptic ulcer. On reviewing the test reports, the nurse finds a diagnosis of hypergastrinemia and a tumor. The nurse administers the prescribed proton pump inhibitors. Which condition does the nurse identify?

A) Dumping syndrome
B) Mallory-Weiss syndrome
C) Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
D) Plummer-Vinson syndrome