DOI: 10.12890/2014_000083

Hyperinsulinism, Insulin Resistance and Impaired Fasting Glucose Revealing an Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome

Authors

  • Andrea Da Porto Department of Internal Medicine, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy
  • Alessandro Cavarape Department of Internal Medicine, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy

andrea_daporto@tin.it

Abstract

We report a case of a 55-year-old woman who was evaluated for multiple episodes of late postprandial hypoglycaemia. We diagnosed her condition as insulin autoimmune syndrome (Hirata disease) because of a high insulin autoantibody (IAA) titre in association with high levels of plasmatic insulin and hypoglycaemia in a patient with no history of exogenous insulin administration and the exclusion of other causes of late postprandial hypoglycaemia.

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Published

2014-07-04

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014)

How to Cite

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Da Porto A, Cavarape A. Hyperinsulinism, Insulin Resistance and Impaired Fasting Glucose Revealing an Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2014 Jul. 4 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];1(1). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/83

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