Serotonin‐secreting and insulin‐secreting ileal carcinoid tumor and the use of in vitro culture of tumoral cells

The authors report the case of a patient with a typical carcinoid syndrome and a severe hypoglycemia due to hyperinsulinism. He was found to have an ileal carcinoid tumor with hepatic metastasis and no evidence of pancreatic insulinoma at surgery and autopsy. By assaying serotonin and insulin in the...

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