학술논문

Hypoglycemia and decreased insulin requirement caused by malignant insulinoma in a type 1 diabetic patient: when the hoof beats are from a zebra, not a horse.
Document Type
Article
Source
Clinical Case Reports. Jun2017, Vol. 5 Issue 6, p761-768. 8p.
Subject
*C-peptide
*CHROMOGRANINS
*DISEASE incidence
*BODY mass index
*WOMEN patients
Language
ISSN
2050-0904
Abstract
Key Clinical Message Insulinomas are uncommon tumors, and in patients with diabetes mellitus they are extremely rare. We describe a patient with type 1 diabetes who developed malignant insulinoma. When hypoglycemic episodes persist in a patient with diabetes and treatment-induced and other causes of hypoglycemia have been ruled out, an insulin-producing tumor should be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]