2021
DOI: 10.53853/encr.7.3.633
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Insulinoma de páncreas que imita epilepsia

Abstract: El insulinoma es una neoplasia endocrina funcional rara, que provoca un estado hiperinsulínico hipoglucémico derivado de la ausencia de regulación endocrina de la secreción de insulina. Su incidencia es de 1 a 5 caso por millón de personas al año a nivel mundial. Es la sintomatología más comúnmente manifestada por síntomas neuroglucopénicos y simpaticoadrenales. El diagnóstico se establece por la tríada de Whipple, los niveles elevados de insulina, el péptido C, la proinsulina y los niveles disminuidos de beta… Show more

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“…A case was reported in Colombia about a middle-aged man with neurological symptoms of altered mental status and focal neurological signs resembling seizure, who was treated with anti-epileptic drugs with no remarkable improvement of his symptoms. [ 11 ] Another case report stated that the patient was misdiagnosed as having epilepsy for a period of 8 years, [ 12 ] and other cases were misdiagnosed as psychiatric illnesses such as double depression. [ 13 ]…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A case was reported in Colombia about a middle-aged man with neurological symptoms of altered mental status and focal neurological signs resembling seizure, who was treated with anti-epileptic drugs with no remarkable improvement of his symptoms. [ 11 ] Another case report stated that the patient was misdiagnosed as having epilepsy for a period of 8 years, [ 12 ] and other cases were misdiagnosed as psychiatric illnesses such as double depression. [ 13 ]…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%