Endocrine Abstracts

Insulinomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of the pancreas with an incidence of four per 1 million persons per year. The co-existence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and insulinoma is very rare. We report a case of 73 year old women with malignant insulinoma and type 2 DM. A 73 year old woman with type 2 diabetes was referred to our clinic for recurrent and severe hypoglycemia especially in the early morning hours. The patient had a history of type 2 DM for 10 years. Although...