Insulinoma.

Autor: Halder PJ; Dept of Surgery, Jagjivan Ram Hospital, Bombay., Hafeezunnisa P, Pai R, Samsi AB
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of postgraduate medicine [J Postgrad Med] 1992 Oct-Dec; Vol. 38 (4), pp. 202-4, 198.
Abstrakt: A case of insulinoma who had episoic bizarre behaviour is presented here. Pre-operative fasting and two hour post-prandial blood sugar values indicated hypoglycemia with inappropriately high insulin levels. USG and CT scan of the abdomen revealed a tumor of head of the pancreas. The tumour was enucleated surgically. Histopathological examination confirmed the origin as islet cells. The post-operative blood sugar and insulin levels were found to be in normal range. Since insulinoma is a rare pancreatic tumor, differential diagnoses along with a brief review of the literature is also presented.
Databáze: MEDLINE