Ectopic insulin secretion by a large‐cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix

Abstract

Abstract In patients presenting with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia with a nonpancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, the diagnosis of an ectopic insulin‐secreting tumor should be considered, and investigated further with confirmatory insulin staining.

Keywords

• hypoglycemia
• insulinoma
• large‐cell carcinoma
• neuroendocrine carcinoma
• Neuroendocrine tumor
• octreotide