A Case of Secretin-responsive Insulinoma with Low Serum C-peptide Levels

• Published in: Endocrine Journal Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 113 - 121
• Main Authors: FUJIKURA, Junji, HOSODA, Kiminori, NOGUCHI, Michio, EBIHARA, Ken, MASUZAKI, Hiroaki, HIRATA, Masakazu, FUJIMOTO, Koji, DOI, Ryuichiro, IWANISHI, Masanori, NAKAO, Kazuwa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japan Endocrine Society 2007
• Subjects: Blood Glucose - analysis; C-peptide; C-Peptide - blood; Cathepsin B; Female; Humans; Insulin - blood; Insulinoma; Insulinoma - blood; Insulinoma - drug therapy; Insulinoma - surgery; Middle Aged; Pancreatic Neoplasms - blood; Pancreatic Neoplasms - drug therapy; Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery; Secretin; Secretin - therapeutic use

Insulinoma is the most common cause of fasting hypoglycemia resulting from autonomous insulin hypersecretion. A 59-year-old woman who had previously had an insulinoma and had undergone a partial pancreatectomy was admitted to our hospital because of recurrence of hypoglycemia after 27 years. She had...