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Elevated blood levels of liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 in patients with insulinoma and its expression in insulinomas [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyObjectiveMost patients with insulinoma are overweight or obese. Ghrelin levels in insulinoma have been linked to both obesity and hyperinsulinemia. Liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP2), a novel hormone and endogenous antagonist of the ghrelin ...
Jia-Lei Zhang +9 more
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Surgical Clinics of North America, 2009 Insulinoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor with an incidence of 4 per 1 million persons per year, which may occur as a unifocal sporadic event in patients without an inherited syndrome or as a part of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. Key neuroglycopenic and hypoglycemic symptoms in conjunction with biochemical proof establish the diagnosis. Once the
Aarti Mathur
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Translational Oncology, 2022 Insulinomas are considered rare indolent neuroendocrine neoplasms in human medicine, however when metastases occur no curative treatment is available thus, novel therapies are needed.
Barbara Altieri +2 more
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World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2020 A 38-year-old female presented with recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia for 5 years. On 72-h fast test, critical sample biochemistry was suggestive of endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.
Robin Garg +3 more
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Insulinoma - review of characteristics, diagnosis and treatment
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022 Introduction and purpose: Insulinoma is one of a group of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs). This tumor has its origin in the β cells of the pancreatic islets, which are responsible for the production of insulin.
Klaudia Sapuła +6 more
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Insulinoma: Spectrum of Clinicopathological Features in a Tertiary Center
İstanbul Medical Journal, 2021 Introduction:Insulinoma is the most common functional neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas. There are different methods for the preoperative localization of insulinoma, such as Computed Tomography (CT) scan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Endoscopic ...
Nooshin Shirzad +3 more
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The insulinoma as a diagnostically and therapeutically challenging neoplasm
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021 Introduction and purpose An insulinoma is the most common neuroendocrine tumor of a pancreas. This tumor produces insulin, which in excess causes hypoglycemic attacks, provoked by hunger or physical effort.
Paulina Oleksa +5 more
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Successful Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Alcohol Ablation of Sporadic Insulinoma Using Three-Dimensional Targeting (with Video) [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2016 Surgical resection is considered the standard of care in the management of symptomatic insulinoma. In this video, we describe the successful management of a symptomatic insulinoma by using linear array endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided ethanol ablation ...
Guru Trikudanathan +2 more
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Localization of Insulinomas [PDF]
Archives of Surgery, 1999 Intraoperative ultrasonography is more sensitive than preoperative and other intraoperative techniques for localizing insulinoma.Retrospective review.A tertiary referral center.All patients with a biochemical diagnosis of organic hyperinsulinism who were referred to University of California, San Francisco, from 1975 to 1998.Sensitivities of the ...
M P, Boukhman +5 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 The coexistence of insulinoma and type 2 diabetes is rare and the diagnostic process is often challenging. Continuous glucose monitoring system devices, which are more readily available nowadays, provide a useful tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of ...
Johnny Yau-Cheung Chang +10 more
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