Case of the month: a case of forgetfulness?
An obese 24-year-old man was admitted following a road traffic accident, during which he crashed into several cars and a shop. He had not been drinking alcohol, yet did not recall the incident. The family had noticed recent odd behaviour, episodic aggression and a glazed look at times. Apart from a minor whiplash injury, he was uninjured and clinically normal. A computed tomography (CT) head scan and encephalo-electrography were both normal. Routine investigations were unremarkable apart from a fasting glucose 0.9 mmol l-1. In view of the presenting symptoms and fasting hypoglycaemia, a CT scan of the abdomen was performed (Figure 1). What does this show?
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Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, UK.
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D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed