Endocrine Abstracts

A 72 year old, non-diabetic, woman was referred with recurrent severe hypoglycaemia. Twenty-one years ago she was investigated for hypoglycaemia when inappropriate hyperinsulinaemia had been confirmed. Although a CT of her abdomen could not demonstrate an insulinoma she underwent a distal pancreatectomy and subsequent histology showed islet cell hyperplasia. She was managed with dietary intervention and diazoxide. At the time of the current referral she was suffering daily sev...