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Insulinoma is form of endocrine pancreatic cancer that usually causes the pancreas to produce too much insulin, leading to the "opposite of diabetes" with conditions such as clinical hypoglycemia. ...more »
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This is a rare insulin secreting neuroendocrine tumor. The majority of insulinomas are small, non-metastatic and occur as solitary tumors. They are most often confined to the pancreas. Diagnostic examinations include: patient history for related hypoglycemic symptoms and fasting tests with repeated glucose and insulin levels. The treatment of choice is tumor resection. - 2002 - (Source - Diseases Database)
Insulinoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Insulinoma, or a subtype of Insulinoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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