Small Insulinoma Followed-up as an Indolent Pancreatic Tumor.

Hiroki Sato, Shozaburo Fujii, Tetsuhiro Okada, Hidemasa Kawabata, Yuki Kamikokura, Mikihiro Fujiya

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiroki SatoDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Japan.

Shozaburo FujiiDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Japan.

Tetsuhiro OkadaDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Japan.

Hidemasa KawabataDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Japan.

Yuki KamikokuraDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Japan.

Mikihiro FujiyaDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Japan.

Asahikawa Medical University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A woman in her 60s presented with a small pancreatic head tumor. Imaging studies revealed a 13-mm well-defined pancreatic head tumor. A neuroendocrine neoplasm was suspected, and the patient opted for observation at that time. After 8 months, the patient began experiencing sweating while fasting, and blood tests during regular follow-up visits showed hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia was induced during fasting test. The tumor exhibited clear features of an insulinoma during follow-up observation. While small neuroendocrine neoplasms are often managed through observation, caution should be exercised regarding their transformation into functional neuroendocrine tumors.

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InsulinomaPancreatic NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHypoglycemiaMiddle AgedTomography, X-Ray Computedindolent tumorinsulinomaneuroendocrine neoplasmsneuroendocrine tumorpancreas

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PMID38432990

DOI10.2169/internalmedicine.3194-23

PMCPMC11604390

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