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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
Overview
Ultrasound
- An endoscopic ultrasound has a sensitivity of 40-93% (depending on the location of the tumor) for detecting insulinomas.[1]
- Endoscopic ultrasound can be used in the preoperative assessment of patients with hypoglycemia and serum hyperinsulinemia.[2]
References
- ↑ Insulinoma. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulinoma.
- ↑ Téllez-Ávila FI, Acosta-Villavicencio GY, Chan C, Hernández-Calleros J, Uscanga L, Valdovinos-Andraca F; et al. (2015). "Diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound in patients with hypoglicemia and insulinoma suspected". Endosc Ultrasound. 4 (1): 52–5. doi:10.4103/2303-9027.151349. PMC 4362005. PMID 25789285.