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ea0026p55 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2011

Diagnosis of post-surgical recurrence in patients with malignant insulinoma

Buffet A , Vezzosi D , Maiza J-C , Grunenwald S , Bennet A , Otal Ph , Carrere N , Caron Ph

Context: The post-surgical follow-up of malignant insulinomas is often marked by recurrence after initial remission. However, the criteria for the diagnosis of recurrence of these malignant endocrine tumors are not well defined in the literature, unlike diagnostic of criteria for hyperinsulinemic hypoglycaemia (Cryer 2009). We retrospectively reviewed the criteria that allowed the diagnosis of recurrence in four patients with malignant insulinoma after initial post-operative r...