title: Insulinoma.
abstract: A case of insulinoma who had episoic bizarre behaviour is presented here. Pre-operative fasting and two hour post-prandial blood sugar values indicated hypoglycemia with inappropriately high insulin levels. USG and CT scan of the abdomen revealed a tumor of head of the pancreas. The tumour was enucleated surgically. Histopathological examination confirmed the origin as islet cells. The post-operative blood sugar and insulin levels were found to be in normal range. Since insulinoma is a rare pancreatic tumor, differential diagnoses along with a brief review of the literature is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Surgery, Jagjivan Ram Hospital, Bombay.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Halder
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hafeezunnisa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Samsi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin