Insulinoma and pregnancy: anesthesia and perioperative management

Insulinoma is a functional neuroendocrine tumor derived from beta cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans, usually solitary, benign, and curable with surgery (enucleation). It rarely occurs during pregnancy and is clinically manifested by hypoglycemia, particularly in the first trimester of pre...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angélica de Fátima de Assunção Braga, Franklin Sarmento da Silva Braga, José Hélio Zen Junior, Maria José Nascimento Brandão, Giancarlo Antonio Marcondes, Thales Daniel Alves Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001416301014