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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Insulinoma
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Complications, When to Refer, When to Admit, References,
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Topics Discussed: insulinoma.
Excerpt: | |  Fasting hypoglycemia rather than postprandial hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemic symptoms—frequently neuroglycopenic (confusion, blurred vision, diplopia, anxiety, convulsions) Immediate recovery upon administration of glucose Blood glucose < 45 mg/dL (2.5 mmol/L) with a serum insulin level of 6 microunit/mL or more Hypoglycemic unawareness is common |
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