The prevalence and clinical characteristics of glucose metabolism disorders in patients with liver cirrhosis. A prospective study.

Aims: To define the prevalence and clinical characteristics of glucose metabolism disorders (GMD) in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis (LC).

Material And Methods: Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels were measured to 130 patients with clinically stable LC. Oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and fasting plasma insulin determinations were performed to patients with normal FPG.

[Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal infiltration of a non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor diagnosed by capsule endoscopy: a case report].

Non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are infrequent slow-growing, clinically-silent tumors. They are incidentally detected and some of them may present in advanced stages with local involvement of surrounding structures. The diagnostic accuracy of endoscopio ultrasound (EUS) and fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is significantly lower in neuroendocrine tumors (46.