Childhood insulinoma masquerading as seizure disorder.
A 9 year old girl presented with seizures, weight gain and early morning behavioural changes. She had been commenced on anticonvulsants and was subsequently diagnosed with hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia. This case demonstrates the importance of blood glucose monitoring in children presenting with new-onset seizures and/or with early morning or fasting behavioural changes, the challenges in localizing the lesion, as well as the difficulties in achieving normoglycaemia prior to, and immediately following, surgery.
Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Australia.
Kung-Ting
KT
Kao
Peter J
PJ
Simm
Justin
J
Brown
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis*
hypoglycaemia; insulinoma; paediatric; seizure