Endoscopic ultrasonography: a new diagnostic imaging modality.

American Family Physician;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......to produce endoscopic ultrasonography, which is further...endoscopy.[1,2] Endoscopic ultrasonography has advanced...and impact of endoscopic ultrasonography continue rapidly...

Gastric fundus impression caused by a hepatic cyst mimicking gastric...

Southern Medical Journal;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......B, Will U, et al. Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography in upper gastrointestinal submucosal...Motoo Y, Okai T, Ohta H, et al. Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of extraluminal...Suzuki S, et al. Evaluation of endoscopic ultrasonography for gastric tumors and ...

Hypoglycemia--an enigmatic dilemma.(Editorial)

Southern Medical Journal;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Fasting hypoglycemia is the hallmark of insulinoma, although variations can and do occur...Prelipcean et al. (4) Patients with insulinoma generally tend to gain weight due to...hypoglycemia leading to early diagnosis of insulinoma. For best diagnostic yield, patients...

Large, Vascular Cecal Mass. (Case Histories).

Southern Medical Journal;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......easily deformed by pressure. Endoscopic ultrasonography characterized the lesion as a...measuring 1.9 cm in diameter (Fig 2). Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), with the 12 MHz Olympus...lymphangiectasia has been used. Endoscopic ultrasonography is useful in the diagnosis and...

Prognosis, survival times vary for insulinoma patients

DVM;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......geriatric dogs? I believe I have an insulinoma case and if so, how do I handle it...or insulin-like factors (as noted in insulinoma, extrapancreatic paraneoplasia and iatrogenic...gastrointestinal signs. Primary or metastatic insulinomas are tumors of the pancreatic beta cells...

Endoscopic ultrasound localization of a pancreatic insulinoma: Case report...

Military Medicine;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......diagnosis of insulinoma. Screening tests...localization of the insulinoma by transabdominal...unsuccessful. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) identified...solitary pancreatic insulinoma and provides...8-mm pancreatic insulinoma by the new technique of endoscopic ...

False-positive somatostatin receptor scintigraphy due to an accessory...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  December 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Abdominal CT and endoscopic ultrasonography revealed a mass in the splenic...diagnosis of ZES. Abdominal CT and endoscopic ultrasonography revealed a mass in the splenic...lesion detected with CT scan and endoscopic ultrasonography. No other abnormal ...

Insulinoma: Reversal of brain magnetic resonance imaging changes following...

Neurology India;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Insulinoma can present with disorders of cognition, consciousness...6],[7] We report a case of a 27-year-old lady with insulinoma who presented with significant neurological deficit...brain revealed changes due to hypoglycemia. After the insulinoma was resected, there was a gradual and significant ...

Early colorectal cancer in a flat adenoma

Journal of the National Medical Association;  November 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......colonoscopic polypedomy) was successful. Endoscopic ultrasonography did not demonstrate any local...well-differentiated adenocarcinoma. Endoscopic ultrasonography revealed no evidence of local...present at surgery, preceded by endoscopic ultrasonography or another imaging modality ...

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Daily Breeze;  January 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ......endocrinologist identified the problem as an insulinoma. "It was scary," Relatores said...when (the doctor) told me what an insulinoma was, my first question was if...According to emedicine.com, an insulinoma is a tumor deriving mainly from...

Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Resection of an Insulinoma: Report of an...

The American Surgeon;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Insulinomas are rare endocrine tumors that are usually diagnosed...hypoglycemia. We report a case of a surgically confirmed insulinoma diagnosed by a mild elevation in proinsulin with suppressed...invasive tumor resection was performed. The presence of an insulinoma was confirmed on the basis of a minimally ...

Utility of endoscopic ultrasonography in endoscopic drainage of pancreatic...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  August 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Objectives: To determine the effect of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) on endoscopic drainage...drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts. Endoscopic ultrasonography was useful for selecting an optimal...decreases likelihood of success.15 Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) may be useful for ...

Metastatic insulinoma: case report and review of the literature.(Case...

Southern Medical Journal;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......lesions. Histology confirmed pancreatic insulinoma. Ten months later, she was free of hypoglycemic...significantly decreased proinsulin levels. Insulinomas are rare, predominantly benign tumors...transplantation. Key Words: hypoglycemia, insulinoma, metastatic ********** Insulinomas occur...

Post-mortem drug signs consistent with 'cocktail'

The Press;  October 20, 2001 ;     386 words ......insulin-producing tumour known as an insulinoma. When the first post mortem was conducted...looking for what was expected to be an insulinoma, and was not considering that she had...murdered in the way now claimed. When no insulinoma was found, Professor Yoon contacted...

Diagnosis of large cholesterol polyps of the gallbladder. (adapted from...

American Family Physician;  January 1, 1996 ;     335 words ......adenomyomatosis, adenoma or adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. Endoscopic ultrasonography demonstrated complete or partial aggregation of echogenic...that have echopenic components should be examined by endoscopic ultrasonography. If neither aggregation of echogenic spots nor multiple...