A Case of Islets Cell Hyperplasia Diagnosed by Selective Arterial Calcium Stimulation Test.
- Author:
Jin Hoon YOUN
1
;
Kyu Jeung AHN
;
Yeong Shil JOO
;
Byoung Joon KIM
;
Sung Hoon KIM
;
Kye Hyoung KWON
;
Myung Ah JUNG
;
Jin Soo YANG
;
In Su JUNG
;
Chung Hyeon KIM
;
Sung Bum CHO
;
Tae Seok LEE
;
Eun Kyung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Eulji Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Arterial calcium stimulation test;
Islet-cell hyperplasia
- MeSH:
Adult;
Calcium*;
Female;
Humans;
Hyperplasia*;
Insulinoma;
Pancreas;
Pancreatectomy
- From:Journal of Korean Society of Endocrinology
2001;16(4-5):514-519
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a 40-year-old female patient with clinical findings suggestive of insulinoma. Although imaging studies did not reveal any tumors in the pancreas, a selective arterial calcium stimulation test(SACI), procedurally simpler and more effective than transhepatic pancreatic venous sampling, was performed. And then near total pancreatectomy was carried out because the possibility of small insulinoma could not be completely excluded. Grossly, the surgically removed pancreas did not reveal any tumors. However, the pancreas exhibited islets cell hyperplasia. To our knowledge, this is the first reported authentic case in a Korean adult of islet-cell hyperplasia diagnosed by selective arterial calcium stimulation test.
