Pancreatic insulinoma causing hypoglycemic episodes
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Laparoscopic body-tail pancreatic resection for insulinoma.
INTRODUCTION Insulinomas are the most common endocrine tumours of the pancreas. They are more frequent in females, and they are commonly less than 2 cm in diameter. If conservative treatment of typical clinical symptoms fails, detailed diagnostic procedures are necessary and surgical treatment is indicated.The aim of this report was to emphasize the need of pancreatic resection when insulinoma ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2213-5766
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101466