Factitious Hypoglycemia in an Infant With Undetectable Exogenous Insulin by a Commercial Insulin Immunoassay: A Diagnostic Pitfall

Factitious hypoglycemia in infancy is a rare, life-threatening manifestation of Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP). The hallmark of such presentation is the detection of low c-peptide combined with high insulin at the time of hypoglycemia. We report the case of a male infant who presented with recu...

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Autores principales: Arabi, Hisham, Babiker, Amir, Awadalla, Asma M, Ababneh, Faroug, AlMuneef, Maha A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9888595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36733550
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33224

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9888595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36733550
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33224

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