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[Genetically-driven or supposed genetic-related insulinomas in adults: validation of the surgical strategy proposed by the A.F.C.E./G.E.N.E.M].
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 Apr 2004
Proye C, Stalnikiewicz G, Wemeau J L, Porchet N, D'Herbomez M, Maunoury V, Bauters C
Abstract excerpt
Between 1971 and 2002, 80 patients underwent surgery for insulinoma at the Department of General and Endocrine Surgery of the Lille University Hospitals. The present report deals with 13 patients with proven multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN I) or supposed genetic-related insulinomas. This entity differs from spontaneous insulinoma by the presence of multiple foci in the pancreas. Enucleation is not...
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