Difficult diagnosis and localization of focal nesidioblastosis: clinical implications of ⁶⁸Gallium-DOTA-D-Phe¹-Tyr³-octreotide PET scanning
Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
; : 51-55, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
Focal nesidioblastosis is a rare cause of endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in adults. Because it is difficult to localize and detect with current imaging modalities, nesidioblastosis is challenging for biliary-pancreatic surgeons. ⁶⁸Gallium-DOTA-D-Phe¹-Tyr³-octreotide PET scanning and ¹¹¹indium-pentetreotide diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid octreotide scanning may be superior to conventional imaging modalities in determining the localization of nesidioblastosis. We report the successful surgical treatment of a 54-year-old woman with focal hyperplasia of the islets of Langerhans, who experienced frequent hypoglycemic symptoms and underwent various diagnostic examinations with different results.
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Octreotida
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Ilhotas Pancreáticas
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Nesidioblastose
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Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons
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Diagnóstico
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Cirurgiões
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Hiperplasia
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Hipoglicemia
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Diagnostic_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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En
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Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
Ano de publicação:
2016
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