Friday, May 18, 2007
INSULINOMA, DETECTED by ULTRASOUND PRE OP, Nguyen Thien Hung, Medic Medical Center, HCMC Vietnam
Male patient 30yo with many hypoglycemia crisii for 1 year. From a full of water stomach as a acoustic window, ultrasound detected a small hypoechoic node between body and tail of pancreas. After that CT-scan proved during arterial phase of contrast enhancement, an insulinoma 10.6mm in diameter which was not detected without contrast. Spleen, body and tail of pancreas were removed and it is a benign tumor of insuline secreting.
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