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Pitfalls in diagnosing a small cystic insulinoma: a case report

Insulinoma is a rare pancreatic endocrine tumour and is typically sporadic and solitary. Over 90% of all insulinomas are benign. Cystic insulinomas are also rare. It is not difficult to determine the site of such neoplasm, as cystic insulinomas are usually 4–10 cm in diameter. We present the case of...

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Autores principales: Sumarac-Dumanovic, Mirjana, Micic, Dragan, Krstic, Miodrag, Georgiev, Maja, Diklic, Aleksandar, Tatic, Svetislav, Stamenkovic-Pejkovic, Danica, Kendereski, Aleksandra, Cvijovic, Goran, Pavlovic, Aleksandra
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2245958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18086310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-181
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Sumario:Insulinoma is a rare pancreatic endocrine tumour and is typically sporadic and solitary. Over 90% of all insulinomas are benign. Cystic insulinomas are also rare. It is not difficult to determine the site of such neoplasm, as cystic insulinomas are usually 4–10 cm in diameter. We present the case of a patient with a histologically confirmed cystic insulinoma diagnosed after approximately 10 years of hypoglycaemia symptoms. This case is unique because of the small size (2.2 cm) of the tumour. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was useful for localizing this tumour.