yperinsulinemic hypoglycemia caused by nesidioblastosis associated with non-surgical weight loss
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Hyperinsulinism, Hypoglycemia, Nesidioblastosis
Abstract
Background: Nesidioblastosis is a rare disease in adults caused by pancreatic islet hyperplasia, producing hypoglycemia due to an increase in insulin production. The pathogenesis is poorly understood, however a clinical picture characterized by hypoglycemia with high levels of insulin and C-peptide without any detectable pancreatic lesion has been described, its final diagnosis is histological.
Case report: We report a case of a 36-year-old female patient who presents with recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia symptomatic predominantly postprandial, associated with insulin and C-peptide elevation. Images were made (triphasic computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, echoendoscopy and octreoscan), being negative for insulinoma. Subsequent tests included calcium stimulation of the pancreas, revealing marked insulin release in more than one pancreatic segment. The patient was subjected to distal pancreatectomy confirming in the histological study the diagnosis of nesidioblastosis.
Conclusions: Nesidioblastosis accounts for less than 5% of the cases of cases of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in adult patients, should be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients with persistent hypoglycemia, the diagnosis is difficult and usually requires histological confirmation.
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