Insulinoma with equivocal imaging Wafa

Autor: Wafa Belabed, Fatma Mnif, Abdel Mouhaymen Missaoui, Mouna Elleuch, Dhoha Ben Salah, Nadia Charfi, Mouna Mnif, Nabila Rekik, Faten Hadj Kacem, Mohamed Abid
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2052-0573
DOI: 10.1530/EDM-23-0015
Popis: A 55-year-old patient was admitted to our department for the management of a repetitive alteration of consciousness. Biological investigation results were consistent with endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Insulinoma was therefore suspected. Abdominal computed tomography and endoscopic ultrasound showed no obvious pancreatic mass. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy showed abnormal radioactive uptake in both the pancreatic tail and the uncinate process. Contrariwise, abdominal magnetic resonance imaging showed a unique lesion in the pancreas tail. The patient was then proposed for pancreatic surgery. Both intraoperative manual palpation and intraoperative ultrasonography of the pancreas showed a single corporal lesion of 1.5 cm. No lesion was found in the uncinate process. After a left pancreatectomy, the lesion was histopathologically confirmed to be a well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor. The symptoms of the patient resolved almost immediately following the surgery. The follow-up is one and a half years to date.
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