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- Title
Islet-cell hyperplasia causing hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in an adult.
- Authors
Ueda, Yoshihide; Kurihara, Kenji; Kondoh, Tsuyoshi; Okanoue, Toyotake; Chiba, Tsutomu; Ueda, Y; Kurihara, K; Kondoh, T; Okanoue, T; Chiba, T
- Abstract
We report a patient, a 23-year-old man, who had clinical and laboratory findings suggestive of insulinoma. Although imaging studies did not reveal any tumors in the pancreas, distal pancreatectomy was performed because the possibility of small insulinoma could not be completely excluded. Grossly, the surgically removed pancreas did not reveal any tumors. Microscopically, the pancreas exhibited islet cell hyperplasia and nesidioblastosis. To our knowledge, this is the first authentic reported case of islet-cell hyperplasia occurring in a Japanese adult.
- Subjects
ISLANDS of Langerhans tumors; JAPANESE people; CHROMAFFIN cell tumors; PANCREATECTOMY; HYPERPLASIA; DISEASES
- Publication
Journal of Gastroenterology, 1998, Vol 33, Issue 1, p125
- ISSN
0944-1174
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s005350050057