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Ketogenic Weight Loss Diet Rapidly Unmasks an Insulinoma
The ketogenic diet, a diet high in fat and extremely low in carbohydrates, has recently gained momentum and is increasingly employed by patients in order to lose weight. We report a case of an otherwise healthy 47-year-old male who developed seizures and hypoglycemia shortly after initiating this di...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6854996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31772788 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9674245 |
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author | Meier, Erin Winnicka, Lydia Lau, Michael Vo, Duc Joutovsky, Alla Shenoy, Mangalore Amith |
author_facet | Meier, Erin Winnicka, Lydia Lau, Michael Vo, Duc Joutovsky, Alla Shenoy, Mangalore Amith |
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description | The ketogenic diet, a diet high in fat and extremely low in carbohydrates, has recently gained momentum and is increasingly employed by patients in order to lose weight. We report a case of an otherwise healthy 47-year-old male who developed seizures and hypoglycemia shortly after initiating this diet. Biochemical testing confirmed hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia and a subsequent abdomen MRI showed a pancreatic mass. The tumor was ultimately excised with pathology confirming an insulinoma. It was felt that his abrupt decrease in carbohydrate consumption led to the rapid unmasking of this tumor. |
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spelling | pubmed-68549962019-11-26 Ketogenic Weight Loss Diet Rapidly Unmasks an Insulinoma Meier, Erin Winnicka, Lydia Lau, Michael Vo, Duc Joutovsky, Alla Shenoy, Mangalore Amith Case Rep Endocrinol Case Report The ketogenic diet, a diet high in fat and extremely low in carbohydrates, has recently gained momentum and is increasingly employed by patients in order to lose weight. We report a case of an otherwise healthy 47-year-old male who developed seizures and hypoglycemia shortly after initiating this diet. Biochemical testing confirmed hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia and a subsequent abdomen MRI showed a pancreatic mass. The tumor was ultimately excised with pathology confirming an insulinoma. It was felt that his abrupt decrease in carbohydrate consumption led to the rapid unmasking of this tumor. Hindawi 2019-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6854996/ /pubmed/31772788 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9674245 Text en Copyright © 2019 Erin Meier et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Meier, Erin Winnicka, Lydia Lau, Michael Vo, Duc Joutovsky, Alla Shenoy, Mangalore Amith Ketogenic Weight Loss Diet Rapidly Unmasks an Insulinoma |
title | Ketogenic Weight Loss Diet Rapidly Unmasks an Insulinoma |
title_full | Ketogenic Weight Loss Diet Rapidly Unmasks an Insulinoma |
title_fullStr | Ketogenic Weight Loss Diet Rapidly Unmasks an Insulinoma |
title_full_unstemmed | Ketogenic Weight Loss Diet Rapidly Unmasks an Insulinoma |
title_short | Ketogenic Weight Loss Diet Rapidly Unmasks an Insulinoma |
title_sort | ketogenic weight loss diet rapidly unmasks an insulinoma |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6854996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31772788 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9674245 |
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