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ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2019

Insulinoma resembling a rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: a case report.

Kenji Kishi, Kazutoshi Kubo, Tetsu Tomita, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Norio Yasui-Furukori

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Article in International medical case reports journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Kenji KishiDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, yasufuru@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.
Kazutoshi KuboDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, yasufuru@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.
Tetsu TomitaDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, yasufuru@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.
Kazuhiko NakamuraDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, yasufuru@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.
Norio Yasui-FurukoriDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, yasufuru@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Some patients with insulinoma present with neuropsychiatric symptoms and are often misdiagnosed with psychiatric disease. We present the case of a 72-year-old Japanese female who exhibited violent behavior while asleep and received a diagnosis of suspected rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD). She was admitted to the psychiatry ward after receiving levomepromazine 25 mg intramuscularly. The patient's blood glucose level was 27 mg/dL at the time of hospitalization, and a biochemical examination revealed that her insulin level was 9.1 µU/mL and C-peptide level was 2.16 ng/mL. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a mass 8 mm in diameter in the pancreatic head. The diagnosis was changed from RBD to insulinoma. The sleep behavior disorder disappeared after continuous glucose administration. After enucleation of the insulinoma, the administration of glucose was discontinued, and her blood glucose levels recovered. This case suggests that insulinoma should be considered by physicians and psychiatrists in the differential diagnosis of patients with symptoms presenting as RBD.

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differential diagnosishypoglycemiainsulinomarapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder

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