Insulin producing primary ovarian carcinoid tumor.
Carcinoid tumors are slow growing and originate most frequently from gastrointestinal tissue 1. They may also appear in genital tissue like the ovaries. Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors are rare and contribute to less than 0.1% of all ovarian carcinomas 2. We report the first case of insulin producing primary carcinoid tumor of the ovary, initially presented with amnesia and hypoglycemia and subsequently successfully treated with surgery.
Morken
Nils-Halvdan
NH
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Telemark Hospital, Skien, Norway. nhmorken@online.no
Majak
Bernard
B
Kahn
Jarl A
JA
D000368:Aged; D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D053379:Chromogranin A / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
D053379:Chromogranin A; D007328:Insulin; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins