Lessons to be learned: a case study approach Insulinoma presenting as a change in personality
| Autor: | Kenneth J. Foster, Mark Lewis, Adam Stacey-Clear, Stella Vig |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Blood Glucose Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Enucleation 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Context (language use) Hypoglycemia Dizziness Endosonography Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Laparotomy Humans Insulin Medicine Insulinoma C-Peptide medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Mental Disorders Octreotide scan Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Surgery Pancreatic Neoplasms medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Differential diagnosis Tomography X-Ray Computed business Pancreas Personality |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 121:56-61 |
| ISSN: | 1466-4240 |
| Popis: | A 43-year-old man presented with attacks of altered behaviour over a short period of time; they were associated with episodes of hypoglycaemia. The clinical suspicion of insulinoma prompted investigations that quickly established serum insulin and C- peptide levels to be elevated at the times when blood glucose values were low A physical lesion was found in the head of the pancreas by means of computerised tomography and endo-duodenal ultra sound scan; an octreotide scan was nega tive. The patient underwent laparotomy and enucleation of a benign tumour, mea suring 2.6 cm in diameter, lying within the head of the pancreas; histological examina tion confirmed it to be an insulinoma. Post operatively, the patient's personality gradu ally became more normal and his fasting blood glucose concentrations returned to within normal limits. The diagnosis and management of insulinoma are discussed in the context of this clinical case; there is also reference to the protean clinical mani festations that may occur in this condition- and its differential diagnosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|