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ArticleClinical diabetes and endocrinology2022

Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in adolescents: case report and systematic review.

M G Castillo-López, M F Fernandez, N Sforza, N C Barbás, F Pattin, G Mendez, F Ogresta, I Gondolesi, P Barros Schelotto, C Musso and 1 more

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Article in Clinical diabetes and endocrinology, 2022. 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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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M G Castillo-López *Diabetes Metabolic department, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
M F Fernandez *General Surgery, Liver, Intestinal and Pancreas Transplant Services, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
N SforzaDiabetes Metabolic department, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
N C BarbásAnatomo pathology department, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
F PattinGeneral Surgery, Liver, Intestinal and Pancreas Transplant Services, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
G MendezOncology department Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
F OgrestaImaxe Radiology Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I GondolesiMedical Student, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
P Barros SchelottoGeneral Surgery, Liver, Intestinal and Pancreas Transplant Services, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
C MussoDiabetes Metabolic department, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
G E GondolesiGeneral Surgery, Liver, Intestinal and Pancreas Transplant Services, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ggondolesi@ffavaloro.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3869-6213
Fundacion Favaloro Hospital Universitario · ARFavaloro University · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is the most common cause of severe and persistent hypoglycemia in neonates and children. It is a heterogeneous condition with dysregulated insulin secretion, which persists in the presence of low blood glucose levels. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 15 year-old male with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, who underwent a subtotal pancreatectomy after inadequate response to medical therapy. Pathological examination was positive for nesidioblastosis (diffuse β-cell hyperplasia by H-E and immunohistochemical techniques). The patient's blood glucose levels normalized after surgery and he remains asymptomatic after 1 year of follow-up. The systematic review allowed us to identify 41 adolescents from a total of 205 cases reported in 22 manuscripts, from a total of 454 found in the original search done in PubMed and Lilacs.

conclusionsAlthough very well reported in children, hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia can occur in adolescents or young adults, as it happens in our reported case. These patients can be seen, treated and reported by pediatricians or adult teams either way due to the wide age range used to define adolescence. Most of them do not respond to medical treatment, and subtotal distal pancreatectomy has become the elected procedure with excellent long-term response in the vast majority.

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Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (HH)NesidioblastosisWhipple triad

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PMID35296370
PMCPMC8925193
OpenAlexW4220754277

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