What is Insulinoma?
What is Insulinoma?
- Insulinoma: A rare form of pancreatic cancer that causes excessive secretion of the hormone insulin. A relatively small number of cases are malignant.
- Insulinoma: This is a rare insulin secreting neuroendocrine tumor. The majority of insulinomas are small, non-metastatic and occur as solitary tumors. They are most often confined to the pancreas. Diagnostic examinations include: patient history for related hypoglycemic symptoms and fasting tests with repeated glucose and insulin levels. The treatment of choice is tumor resection. - 2002
Source - Diseases Database
Insulinoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Insulinoma, or a subtype of Insulinoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Insulinoma: Introduction
Types of Insulinoma:
Broader types of Insulinoma:
How serious is Insulinoma?
Complications of Insulinoma:
see complications of Insulinoma
What causes Insulinoma?
Causes of Insulinoma: see causes of Insulinoma
What are the symptoms of Insulinoma?
Symptoms of Insulinoma:
see symptoms of Insulinoma
Complications of Insulinoma:
see complications of Insulinoma
Can anyone else get Insulinoma?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Insulinoma: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Insulinoma.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Insulinoma.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Insulinoma:
see treatments for Insulinoma
Research for Insulinoma:
see research for Insulinoma
Organs Affected by Insulinoma:
Organs and body systems related to Insulinoma include:
Name and Aliases of Insulinoma
Main name of condition: Insulinoma
Class of Condition for Insulinoma: cancer
Other names or spellings for Insulinoma:
Islet cell insulinoma
Source - Diseases Database
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