Laparoscopically treated pancreatic insulinoma. Case report

Usually, insulinomas are small sized, insulin secreting, benign tumors of the pancreas, and require surgical treatment. We report the case of a female patient, of 61 years old, with pancreatic insulinoma localized in the junction between the head and the istm of the pancreas, of 1,4 cm in size, whic...

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Published inJournal of medicine and life Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 186 - 190
Main Authors Miron, A, Calu, V, Giulea, C, Fica, Simona, Barbu, Carmen, Stefan, Cristina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Romania Carol Daila University Foundation 01.04.2010
Carol Davila University Press
Subjects
Blood Glucose - metabolism
Case Presentation
Female
Humans
Insulinoma - blood
Insulinoma - pathology
Insulinoma - surgery
Laparoscopy - methods
Middle Aged
Pancreatectomy - methods
Pancreatic Neoplasms - blood
Pancreatic Neoplasms - pathology
Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery
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Summary:Usually, insulinomas are small sized, insulin secreting, benign tumors of the pancreas, and require surgical treatment. We report the case of a female patient, of 61 years old, with pancreatic insulinoma localized in the junction between the head and the istm of the pancreas, of 1,4 cm in size, which induced hypoglycemia due to endogenous insulin hypersecretion. The tumor was removed by laparoscopic enucleation in March 2009. In the postoperative period, the blood glucose level came back to normal.
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ISSN:1844-122X
1844-3117