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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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Canine insulinoma as a model for human malignant insulinoma research: Novel perspectives for translational clinical studies [PDF]
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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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, Steven K Libutti
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Neurofibromatosis and insulinoma [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1995 AbstractA 45-year-old man with neurofibromatosis presented with recurrent seizures due to hypoglycaemia caused by an insulinoma. The attacks were abolished after the successful removal of the insulinoma. This probably represents another example of the association between neurofibromatosis and a tumour consisting of cells with amine-precursor-uptake and
Fung, JWK, Lam, KSL
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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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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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Insulinoma Associated with MEN1 Syndrome: A Case of Persistent Hypoglycemia in a School-aged Child
JCRPEInsulinoma is a rare cause of non-ketotic hypoglycemia, both in adults and in children. Pediatric patients account for approximately 5% of all cases, mostly due to isolated benign lesions, but insulinoma may also be part of a multiple endocrine neoplasia
Rodrigo Lemus-Zepeda +4 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2005 O insulinoma é doença rara que cursa com sintomas episódicos neuroglicopênicos e/ou adrenérgicos. Descrevemos o caso de uma paciente de 36 anos, que estava sendo tratada por crises convulsivas parciais complexas há 4 anos sem melhora do quadro ...
Carlos Alexandre Twardowschy +3 more
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En este artículo presentamos un caso clínico de tumor funcional de células ß o insulinoma, así como los puntos más relevantes para su diagnóstico y tratamiento.
Li Ding, Qing He, Ming Liu
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Malignant Insulinoma in Childhood
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2006 Pancreatic tumors constitute a rare surgical problem in infancy and childhood. Insulinomas are rare in all age groups with an estimated incidence of one per 250,000 person-years and even rarer in childhood. We report a 10 year-old girl with malignant insulinoma. The presenting symptom was hypoglycemic attacks. Laboratory investigation demonstrated that
Karachaliou, F.-H. +7 more
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