Varied presentation of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia

Hypoglycaemia is a fairly common clinical entity, mainly due to its high prevalence as a complication of therapy for diabetes. Spontaneous hypoglycemia with unsuppressed plasma insulin is a relatively uncommon endocrine disorder. We are reporting three cases of hyperinslinemic hypoglycaemia due to i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research 2012-02, Vol.1 (1), p.43-45
Hauptverfasser: G, Rajagopal, P, Amaresh Reddy, P, Satish, V, Suresh, CV, Harinarayan, MN, Pawan, KV, Sreedhar Babu, AY, Lakshmi, A, Sachan
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Zusammenfassung:Hypoglycaemia is a fairly common clinical entity, mainly due to its high prevalence as a complication of therapy for diabetes. Spontaneous hypoglycemia with unsuppressed plasma insulin is a relatively uncommon endocrine disorder. We are reporting three cases of hyperinslinemic hypoglycaemia due to insulinomas which include insulinoma present- ing as seizures and abnormal behaviour in an adolescent boy, insulinoma presenting in the postpartum period and insulinoma developing in a woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus
ISSN:2277-5706
2277-8357
DOI:10.15380/2277-5706.JCSR.12.009