Insulinoma masquerading as a loss of consciousness in a teenage girl: case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Hypoglycemia due to a pancreatic beta cell neoplasm - insulinoma, is uncommon with only a few cases described. We report on a previously healthy 15-year-old Hispanic female with insulinoma who presented with a loss of consciousness due to hypoglycemia unawareness. CASE PRESENTATION: EM w...

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Autores principales: Gudala, Meghana, Ahmed, Mahmuda, Conroy, Rushika, Tonyushkina, Ksenia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5645892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29075301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13633-017-0049-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5645892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29075301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13633-017-0049-7

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