Open AccessA Case Report of Insulinoma Located with Calcium Stimulation Test
Author(s) -
Mazhar Müslüm Tuna,
Berçem Ayçıçek Doğan,
Ayşe Arduç,
Gülhan Akbaba,
Kerim Küçükler,
İ̇lkay Akmangit,
Yasemin Tütüncü,
Dilek Berker,
Serdar Güler
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
haseki tıp bülteni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2147-2688
pISSN - 1302-0072
DOI - 10.4274/haseki.1664
Subject(s) - insulinoma , stimulation , test (biology) , calcium , medicine , endocrinology , pancreas , geology , paleontology
Although rarely seen, insulinomas are the most common neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas. It can be life threatening due to hypoglisemia. Diagnosis is base on clinical and laboratory findings. Radiological findings are helpful to confirm the diagnosis and to determine surgical procedure. If no tumor found by radiological investigations, selective arterial calcium stimulation test can be performed for the diagnosis and localization. Here, we report a case of insulinoma which truly located only with the calsium stimulation test, and operated successfully