Metastatic malignant insulinoma in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Case presentation and literature review

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-416

  Siraj, Elias S ^a   Samuel, George ^a   Saber, Suzan ^a   Samuel, Samuel ^a   Hamrahian, Amir H ^a   Reddy, S Sethu K ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; C PEPTIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZOXIDE; GLIPIZIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; OCTREOTIDE; SULFONYLUREA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULINOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEIZURE; SPLENECTOMY; VITAL SIGN; ADULT; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULINOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750104997     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.12.4.411     Document Type: Article

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