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An endoscopic ultrasound has a sensitivity of 40-93% (depending on the location of the tumor) for detecting insulinomas.<ref>Insulinoma. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulinoma.</ref> | An endoscopic ultrasound has a sensitivity of 40-93% (depending on the location of the tumor) for detecting insulinomas.<ref>Insulinoma. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulinoma.</ref> | ||
Endoscopic ultrasound can be used in the preoperative assessment of patients with hypoglycemia and serum hyperinsulinemia.<ref name="pmid25789285">{{cite journal| author=Téllez-Ávila FI, Acosta-Villavicencio GY, Chan C, Hernández-Calleros J, Uscanga L, Valdovinos-Andraca F et al.| title=Diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound in patients with hypoglicemia and insulinoma suspected. | journal=Endosc Ultrasound | year= 2015 | volume= 4 | issue= 1 | pages= 52-5 | pmid=25789285 | doi=10.4103/2303-9027.151349 | pmc=PMC4362005 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25789285 }} </ref> | |||
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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.