[Deafness due to hyperinsulinism (author's transl)].
A case is reported of progressive bilateral sensorineural deafness and recurrent unilateral facial paralysis in a patient suffering from hypoglycaemia due to pancreatic Islet cell hyperplasia. Subtotal pancreatectomy was followed by resolution of hyperinsulinism and improvement of the hearing.
D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence
Hypakusis bei Hyperinsulinismus