Insulinoma is a rare pancreatic endocrine tumor that is typically sporadic, solitary, and less than 2 cm in diameter. Ninety percent of all insulinomas are benign. Up to 10 percent are malignant and are usually larger in size. We report a case of an unusual, not yet described association of two diseases: a malignant pancreatic insulinoma recurred as a multiple liver metastasis 15 years after th...

1.1 Epidemiology and basic characteristics Endogenous hyperinsulinism is characterized by repeated hypoglycemic episodes caused by autonomous hypersecretion of insulin produced by adenoma or multiple microadenomatosis originating in the beta-cells of the pancreas. The process is either localized into one or less frequently few solid tumors or is more diffuse within the islets of Langerhans. End...

BACKGROUND Insulinomas are rare tumours. Their clinical presentation, localization techniques and operative management were reviewed. METHODS An electronic search of the Medline, Embase and Cochrane databases was undertaken for articles published between January 1966 and June 2005 on the history, presentation, clinical evaluation, use of imaging techniques for tumour localization and operativ...

Insulinomas are the most common pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Most insulinomas are benign, small, intrapancreatic solid tumors and only large tumors have a tendency for malignancy. Most patients present with symptoms of hypoglycemia that are relieved with the administration of glucose. We herein present the case of a 75-year-old woman who presented with an acute hypoglycemic episode. Subseq...

A 22-year-old man who had served national service uneventfully three years ago lost consciousness one morning during reservist training during the fasting month. As it was the fasting month for muslims, he was not given any breakfast that morning. He was brought to the medical centre, where after taking blood for glucose estimation, glucose was given, resulting in recovery of consciousness. He ...

This corrects the article on p. 498 in vol. 29, PMID: 25325272.