Alcohol-induced hypoglycaemia.

Alcohol-induced hypoglycaemia.

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Insulin induced hypoglycaemia in migraine.

Insulin induced hypoglycaemia produced migrainous symptoms in only two of 20 migraine sufferers and in none of a matched control group. The relationship of fasting and blood sugar levels to migraine attacks is discussed.

Insulinoma induced hypoglycaemia in a Jamaican patient.

Herein reported is the case of a young woman who had hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia which was biochemically consistent with an insulinoma. Initial imaging was negative and definitive treatment was delayed until repeat imaging localized the tumour several years later. This case demonstrates the importance of clinical judgment and biochemical testing in the diagnosis of insulinoma despite negati...

Hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia due to chlorpropamide-induced nesidioblastosis.

A 25 year old woman suffering from recurrent attacks of hypoglycaemia underwent a laparotomy for suspected insulinoma. No tumour was found, but histology showed islet cell hyperplasia and nesidioblastosis. Although these changes have been reported as a cause of hypoglycaemia in infants, they are only rarely the cause of hypoglycaemia in adults; in the present case they were found to be the resu...

A case of leucine-induced hypoglycaemia.