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Robotic Enucleation of an Intra-Pancreatic Insulinoma in the Pancreatic Head
Published on: January 3, 2020
[Localization of pancreatic insulinoma with ultrasonography laparoscopy]
Francisco Berrospi Espinoza1, Juan Celis Zapata, Eloy Ruiz Figueroa
1Departamento de Abdomen, Instituto Especializado de Enfermedades Neoplasicas "Dr. Eduardo Cáceres Grazziani", Perú. fberrospi@infonegocio.net.pe
Abstract:
The case of a 51-year-old woman with a clinical history of hipoglicemia caused by a presumed pancreatic insulinoma is reported. Laboratory tests pointed out for a insulinoma, but imaginologic studies could not locate the tumor. Under this circumstances, the patient was laparoscopically approached. By means of the ultrasonography device the tumor was located at the uncinate process of the pancreas and, eventually treated by laparoscopic enucleation.
