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ea0032p289 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid / Others | ECE2013

Insulin autoimmune syndrome, IAS (Hirata disease) case report

Chockalingam Ganesh , Wilson Dennis , Clifton-Bligh Roderick

Introduction: Insulin autoimmune syndrome was first described in 1973 by Hirata, characterised by recurrent spontaneous postprandial hypoglycaemia. Serum insulin is extremely high with elevated insulin autoantibodies. More than 170 cases reported worldwide. We report the first case of IAS in Australia.Case report: Eighty one-year old Argentinean woman with 3 month history of intermittent, late postprandial diaphoresis, tremors, palpitations, dizziness an...