Congenital hyperinsulinism: diagnostic and management challenges in a developing country - case report

• Main Authors: Cheri Mathews John (Author), Prakash Agarwal (Author), Suriyakumar Govindarajulu (Author), Sandhya Sundaram (Author), Senthil Senniappan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Management of congenital hyperinsulinemia of infancy (CHI) is challenging. A 4-month-old female infant with persistent hypoglycemia and elevated insulin levels was diagnosed with CHI. Gallium-68 DOTANOC positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan (68Ga-labeled [1,4,7,10-tetraazacy...