Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: It is believed that hypoglycemia in the elderly is a dangerous condition and may result in stroke and death. We observed five female patients with insulinoma and over 20-year-long survival.Material: The material includes five female with the diagnosis of insulinoma. Patients’ age ranged from 78 to 91 years while disease duration ranged from 21 to 34 years.Methods: In all the patients, the diagnosis of insulinoma ...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine cancer of the ampulla of Vater area belongs to the most rare GEP-neuroendocrine tumors (NET). In the literature, there are few reports of extremely malignant course of this cancer. Among 242 patients with NET from the Department of Endocrinology in 2009–2013, 58 pancreatic NET were discovered, among which seven patients had neuroendocrine cancer of the ampulla of Vater. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics, stagi...