Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome (Hirata Disease) After Treatment With Alpha-Lipoic Acid: A Case Report

We present the case of a 79-year-old White woman with recurrent spontaneous hypoglycemia characterized by low plasma glucose, inappropriately elevated plasma C-peptide and insulin levels, and the presence of antibodies against endogenous insulin. Imaging for insulinoma was negative. The diagnosis of...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Kitsios, Stefanos Tsotoulidis, Areti Triantafyllou, Evangelia Karastergiou, Christina-Maria Trakatelli, Maria Sarigianni, Vasileios Kotsis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2024-07-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2023.1485
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