HYPOGLYKAMIE DURCH INSULINOM BEI DIABETES MELLITUS

Translated title of the contribution: Hypoglycaemia caused by an insulinoma in a type-II diabetic

S. C.W. Heik, G. Kloppel, W. Krone, G. Iben, K. Priebe, J. Kuhnau

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Abstract

An hyperglycaemic metabolic state disappeared and spontaneous hypoglycaemia occurred in a 58-year-old woman with non-insulin-dependent obese type II diabetes. Abnormal absence of the hunger response with provoked hypoglycaemia, increased serum insulin concentrations and reduced blood glucose/insulin ratio led to the diagnosis of pathological hyperinsulinism, which was found to be due to an insulinoma of the tail of the pancreas. After its excision the patient's carbohydrate metabolism returned to a mild type II diabetic state and there were no further hypoglycaemic attacks.

Translated title of the contributionHypoglycaemia caused by an insulinoma in a type-II diabetic
Original languageGerman
Pages (from-to)1714-1717
Number of pages4
JournalDeutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
Volume113
Issue number44
StatePublished - 1988
Externally publishedYes

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