Open AccessProinsulin-Secreting Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas: A Single-Centre Experience
Author(s) -
А Г Кригер,
С. В. Берелавичус,
А. Р. Калдаров,
V I Panteleev,
David Semjonovich Gorin,
R. S. Dugarova,
Marina Yur'evna Yukina
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gastrointestinal tumors
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-3766
pISSN - 2296-3774
DOI - 10.1159/000501455
Subject(s) - insulinoma , medicine , proinsulin , pancreas , hypoglycemia , neuroendocrine tumors , hyperinsulinism , nesidioblastosis , insulin , gastroenterology , surgery , endocrinology , insulin resistance
Proinsulinoma is a neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the pancreas that produces prohormone proinsulin. These tumors are very rare. In the literature, they are most often presented in the form of case reports.