PMID: 1194094May 1, 1975Paper

Deafness due to hyperinsulinism (author's transl)

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K Jahnke, E Sawitzki

Abstract

A case is reported of progressive bilateral sensorineural deafness and recurrent unilateral facial paralysis in a patient suffering from hypoglycaemia due to pancreatic Islet cell hyperplasia. Subtotal pancreatectomy was followed by resolution of hyperinsulinism and improvement of the hearing.

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