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ArticleCureus2024

Spontaneous Hypoglycemia in a Non-diabetic Patient: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Conundrum.

Karnika Mahendiran, Swathy Moorthy, Lakshmi M, Emmanuel Bhaskar

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Article in Cureus, 2024. 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.

Karnika MahendiranInternal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Swathy MoorthyInternal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Lakshmi MInternal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Emmanuel BhaskarInternal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoglycaemia is a medical emergency requiring an immediate intervention to prevent neuroglycopenic symptoms such as confusion, seizures, and coma. While evaluating for the cause of hypoglycemia, after excluding common causes like insulin use or sepsis, other causes involving endogenous hypoglycemia need to be evaluated. A cause to be considered is nesidioblastosis. This rare entity is also known as non-insulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia syndrome. There have been instances where this disorder has been mistaken as insulinoma due to the characteristics shared by the two. Here, we present a case of a non-diabetic male experiencing symptoms of giddiness and palpitations for the past two years who had been extensively evaluated to rule out insulinoma and was diagnosed with nesidioblastosis.

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diabetesinsulinoma mimicislet cell hypertrophynesidioblastosisspontaneous hypoglycemia

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PMID39188435
PMCPMC11345124

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