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ArticleEuropean journal of case reports in internal medicine2020

Asymptomatic Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycaemia.

Ana Isabel Ferreira, Mariana Serino Barbosa, Rita Coelho, Patrícia Lourenço

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Article in European journal of case reports in internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ana Isabel FerreiraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Mariana Serino BarbosaDepartment of Pneumology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Rita CoelhoDepartment of Anatomopathology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Patrícia LourençoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Hospital de São João · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoglycaemia is rare in apparently well patients without drug-treated diabetes mellitus and warrants evaluation and management when Whipple's triad is present. Even in the absence of Whipple's triad, when repeatedly low values of plasma glucose are documented, the presence of endogenous hyperinsulinism should be investigated. The authors describe a case of endogenous hypoglycaemic hyperinsulinism, its diagnosis and treatment and the challenges of determining its aetiology. LEARNING POINTS: A high degree of suspicion is necessary when a hospitalized, apparently well, patient presents with episodes of hypoglycaemia with no apparent cause.Documented repeated low glucose values (<40-55 mg/dl) warrant investigation even when Whipple's triad is absent.The diagnosis, approach and treatment of endogenous hypoglycaemic hyperinsulinism is challenging and requires persistence, particularly if examinations fail to show the responsible lesion.

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Endogenous hyperinsulinismhyperinsulinemic hypoglycemiahypoglycemia unawarenessinsulinoma

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PMID33083365
PMCPMC7546560
OpenAlexW3094604322

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