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Remission of symptoms of chemotherapy-refractory metastatic insulinoma using octreotide.

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The symptoms resulting from the hyperinsulinemia of severe refractory metastatic insulinoma were palliated using self-administered divided doses of a long-acting minisomatostatin analog, octreotide. The substance was well tolerated and the attributable side effects were minimal (primarily

Malignant Insulinoma with Multiple Liver Metastases and Hypercalcitoninemia in a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Presenting as Recurrent Episodes of Diaphoresis due to Severe Hypoglycemia.

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Insulinoma is an insulin-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor that can be malignant in about 10% of cases. Locoregional invasion, lymph node metastases, or remote metastases are the main criteria of malignant insulinoma. Its incidence in patients with pre-existing diabetes mellitus (DM) is

The effectiveness of administering a minimal dose of octreotide long-term prior to surgery for insulinoma: report of a case.

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We report herein the case of an 80-year-old woman with insulinoma who was regarded as an unsuitable candidate for immediate surgery due to her advanced age and obesity, for whom octreotide, a long-acting analogue of somatostatin, was used to improve her hypoglycemia and hyperinsulinemia without

Association of malignant insulinoma and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case report.

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We report a case of recurrent hypoglycemia due to malignant insulinoma in a type 2 diabetic patient correctly controlled for years with the same doses of oral antidiabetic agents. A 79-year-old woman was admitted for recurrent severe hypoglycemia. She had a history of type 2 diabetes since 2000.

Insulinoma in a third-trimester pregnant woman combined with pre-eclampsia: a case report and review of the diagnostic strategies.

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Insulinomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors with an incidence of 4 per 1,000,000 person-years, being even rarer during pregnancy. During pregnancy most cases are recognized or become symptomatic during the first trimester. A 29-year-old woman, primigravida, was hospitalized in the 38th gestational

Safety and tolerability of diazoxide in Japanese patients with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.

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Diazoxide is a non-diuretic benzothiadiazine derivative, one of a group of substances introduced into clinical practice in the 1950s for the treatment of hypertension. Fajans reported the use of diazoxide for the treatment of insulinoma in 1979. Although patients with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia

[Mechanisms of spontaneous hypoglycaemia in the adult (author's transl)].

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Hypoglycaemia increases hepatic glucose output; insulin release is suppressed and the secretion of counter regulatory hormones enhanced. Catecholamines and glucagon seem to play a major role. The brain energy content is initially preserved, but the neuronal activity exhibits a 40-60 % decrease.

Octreotide-treated diabetes accompanied by endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia and protein-losing gastroenteropathy.

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Occurrence of hypoglycemia in diabetes patients is very rare. We report here a case of frequent hypoglycemic attacks caused by inappropriate endogenous hyperinsulinemia in a female patient with poorly controlled diabetes and protein-losing gastroenteropathy. The blood glucose profiles of the patient

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