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Case Reports
. 1992 Oct-Dec;38(4):202-4, 198.

Insulinoma

P J Halder  1 , P Hafeezunnisa, R Pai, A B Samsi
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  • PMID: 1307597
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Case Reports

Insulinoma

P J Halder et al. J Postgrad Med. 1992 Oct-Dec.
Free article

Abstract

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.

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