SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PERSISTENT HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA WITH NIFEDIPINE IN AN ADULT PATIENT
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PERSISTENT HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA WITH NIFEDIPINE IN AN ADULT PATIENT
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DOI:
10.4158/ep09110.crr
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Mordes, John. P.
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作者:
Guseva, Nina;Phillips, David;Mordes, John. P.
Objective: To describe the successful treatment of severe noninsulinomia hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia with use of a calcium channel blocking agent in an adult patient who had previously undergone a gastric bypass surgical procedure.Methods: A 65-year-old woman who had undergone a gastric bypass surgical procedure 26 years earlier was hospitalized because of severe postprandial hypoglycemia During and after hospitalization, the patient underwent assessment with conventional measurements of glucose, insulin, proinsulin, and C-peptide, toxicologic studies: magnetic resonance imaging studies of the pancreas, and determination of hepatic vein insulin concentrations after selective splanchnic artery calcium infusionResults: Metabolic variables were consistent with the diagnosis of hyperinsulimemic hypoglycemia Magnetic resonance imaging revealed the presence of a side branch intraductal papillary mucinous tumor that had been stable for more than 1 year The results of the calcium-stimulated insulin release study were consistent with nonlocalized hypersecretion of insulin A trial of frequent small feedings failed to prevent hypoglycemia On the basis of reports of successful treatment of childhood nesidioblastosis, the patient was then prescribed mfedipine, 30 mg daily She has subsequently remained free of symptomatic hypoglycemia for 20 monthsConclusion: A calcium channel blocking agent may be efficacious and a potential alternative to partial pancreatectomy in cases of noninsulionoma hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in adults (Endocr Pract. 2010;16:107-111).