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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

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Diagnostic pitfall in hypoglycemia: Insulinoma in tail of pancreas

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Sikka A 1, Modanwal P 2, * and Kapila H 2

1 Department of General & GI Surgery, PSRI hospital, New Delhi-110017, India.
2 Department of General Surgery, PSRI hospital, New Delhi-110017, India.
 
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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(02), 305-310
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.2.1150
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.2.1150
 
Received on 03 May 2023; revised on 04 July 2023; accepted on 06 July 2023
 
Insulinomas, a rare kind of tumors are the most common cause of endogenous hyperinsulinsm with patients presenting with the classical Whipple’s triad.
We present a patient with neurohypoglycemic symptoms undergoing neurological/psychiatric evaluation in multiple hospitals. A detailed workup in our hospital revealed a small tumor in the tail of pancreas and enucleation of tumor was successfully performed. After surgery, patient’s symptoms were resolved and patient did not report any episodes of hypoglycemia during 3 months follow-up period.
Diagnosis of insulinoma is difficult due to its low incidence and presence of neuroglycopenic symptoms. Patients tend to seek neurology opinion early on and in many cases the diagnosis is delayed due to futile search for neurological or psychiatric illnesses. Hence a multimodal approach including endocrinologist, surgeons, radiologist and pathologist is required.
 
Hypoglycemia; Whipple’s triad; Insulinoma; Tail of pancreas; Enucleation
 
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Sikka A, Modanwal P and Kapila H. Diagnostic pitfall in hypoglycemia: Insulinoma in tail of pancreas. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(2), 305-310. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.2.1150

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