Endocrine Abstracts

Insulinoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor (4 cases/1000000/year), less than 10% are malignant. We report a case of rapidly fatal malignant insulinoma, death occurring less than 3 months after the apparition of hypoglycaemic symptoms.A 79 years old female type 2 diabetic patient, treated with glicazide120 mg b.i.d and metformine et 850 t.i.d, was hospitalized for recurrent hypoglycaemia Insulinoma was diagnosed as severe hypoglycaemic episodes occurred mo...