Insulinoma

Authors

Jeffrey Baron
Lindsey Perea, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

2025

Abstract

This chapter reviews the topic of insulinoma which is considered to be the most common functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET). Patient presentation and workup will be reviewed along with consideration of differential diagnoses. The management of insulinoma will be discussed along with potential pitfalls. Additionally, and less well known, Insulinoma is the second most common PNET associated with type 1 multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndrome (10–15%). These tumors are usually small and require advanced localization yet larger tumors need to be evaluated for malignant potential.

Publication Title

Passing the General Surgery Oral Board Exam

First Page

219

Last Page

221

Comments

This article was published in Passing the General Surgery Oral Board Exam, Third Edition, pages 219-221.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78244-2_70.

Copyright © 2025 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Recommended Citation

Baron, Jeffrey and Perea, Lindsey, "Insulinoma" (2025). PCOM Scholarly Works. 2316.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/2316 DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78244-2_70