nesidioblastosis/edema

Although the endocrine pancreas appears to play an important role in the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease, very little is known about the morphologic changes in this tissue. Our study was initiated to delineate the microscopic features of the endocrine pancreas in a large autopsy series of

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of neonates and infants with persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI) who had undergone 95% pancreatectomy, with special emphasis on development of diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS Ten infants diagnosed according to the established criteria of PHHI,

Diazoxide is a non-diuretic benzothiadiazine derivative, one of a group of substances introduced into clinical practice in the 1950s for the treatment of hypertension. Fajans reported the use of diazoxide for the treatment of insulinoma in 1979. Although patients with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia

Autopsies were performed in 40 cases of nonimmune hydrops fetalis during the period from 1975 to 1983. In 25 cases specific anatomic diagnoses, including hematologic disorders, infections, chromosomal abnormalities, congenital anomalies, and tumors, were made. In the majority the diagnosis of

Occurrence of hypoglycemia in diabetes patients is very rare. We report here a case of frequent hypoglycemic attacks caused by inappropriate endogenous hyperinsulinemia in a female patient with poorly controlled diabetes and protein-losing gastroenteropathy. The blood glucose profiles of the patient

Diazoxide is a peripheral vasodilator that has been used for intravenous treatment of hypertensive emergencies. However, it is currently used mainly for hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in lower dose orally, and its major side effects are edema and pulmonary hypertension. Herein, we report the first

Eighty-five cases of infantile asphyxia were examined in relation to the degree of conjunctivae petechial hemorrhages and histological and immunohistochemical findings of the lungs and the pancreas. In very young cases, even in the strangulation cases, conjunctivae petechial hemorrhages were

The effects of chronic administration of methamphetamine on pancreatic tissues were histopathologically studied in experimental models. Methamphetamine (1 ml/kg body weight/day) was subcutaneously injected into 14 five-week-old male Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) for 12 weeks. Age and sex matched 5 WKY

The sudden death by hypoglycemia is an aspect of the forensic pathology frequently neglected. Authors initially described the pathogenesis of different hypoglycemia forms, distinguishing the primary ones due to hyperinsulinism and the secondary ones due to functional insufficiency of other organs

Fetal malignancies that are capable of metastasizing to other fetal organs and the placenta are exceedingly rare. Fetal tumors are suspected on ultrasonography in the presence of structures of abnormal shape or size that are occasionally associated with polyhydramnios and hydrops. Most of the large

UNASSIGNED Diazoxide, the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drug to treat hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, has been associated with several adverse events, which has raised concerns about the safety of this drug. Existing reports are limited to small studies and case