Mahendiran Karnika, Moorthy Swathy, M Lakshmi, Bhaskar Emmanuel
Internal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Cureus. 2024 Jul 26;16(7):e65467. doi: 10.7759/cureus.65467. eCollection 2024 Jul.
Hypoglycaemia is a medical emergency requiring an immediate intervention to prevent neuroglycopenic symptoms such as confusion, seizures, and coma. While evaluating for the cause of hypoglycemia, after excluding common causes like insulin use or sepsis, other causes involving endogenous hypoglycemia need to be evaluated. A cause to be considered is nesidioblastosis. This rare entity is also known as non-insulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia syndrome. There have been instances where this disorder has been mistaken as insulinoma due to the characteristics shared by the two. Here, we present a case of a non-diabetic male experiencing symptoms of giddiness and palpitations for the past two years who had been extensively evaluated to rule out insulinoma and was diagnosed with nesidioblastosis.
低血糖是一种医疗急症,需要立即进行干预以预防神经低血糖症状,如意识模糊、癫痫发作和昏迷。在评估低血糖的病因时,排除胰岛素使用或败血症等常见病因后,需要评估其他涉及内源性低血糖的病因。其中一个需要考虑的病因是胰岛细胞增殖症。这种罕见的病症也被称为非胰岛素瘤胰源性低血糖综合征。由于两者具有共同特征,这种病症曾有被误诊为胰岛素瘤的情况。在此,我们报告一例非糖尿病男性病例,该患者在过去两年中出现头晕和心悸症状,经过广泛评估以排除胰岛素瘤,最终被诊断为胰岛细胞增殖症。