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insulinoma

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insulinoma [‚in·sə·lə′nō·mə]
(medicine)


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Only about 10 percent of insulinomas are malignant, and the symptoms of hypoglycemia can be eliminated by surgical removal of the tumor.
My sister, Theresa Girard, was 46 with two children when she died in October 2006 from a rare cancer called insulinoma," said Ms.
Low glucose levels (hypoglycemia) are seen with adrenal insufficiency, alcohol intake, extensive liver disease, hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, insulin overdose, starvation, insulinomas (insulin-producing pancreatic tumors), and drugs--acetaminophen and anabolic steroids.
 
 
 
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