title: Can insulinoma cause generalised epilepsy?
abstract: Insulinoma is a common cause of seizures due to recurrent hypoglycemic crises. Surgical treatment usually results in disappearance of such seizures. We describe a previously healthy 17 year-old girl who became epileptic after the onset of insulinoma with persistent seizures after surgical removal of the tumour. Insulinoma must be taken into account for differential diagnosis with convulsions of unknown origin, and even after metabolic normalization it may cause epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blasetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: di Corcia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Franzoni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiarelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verrotti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D000077236:Topiramate
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose