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==Description==
 
==Description==
'''Insulinomas''' are slow growing, well-encapsulated, functional tumours of the [[Pancreas - Anatomy & Physiology#Endocrine|beta cells]] of the pancreatic islet cells.  They secrete inappropriately high amount of [[Pancreas - Anatomy & Physiology#Insulin|insulin]] irrespective of the serum glucose level.  They are predominantly [[Neoplasia - Pathology#Classification|malignant]] (90% of canine insulinomas), with a high metastatic rate to regional [[Lymph Nodes - Pathology|lymph nodes]], [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] and omentum.  60% of isulinomas are [[Neoplasia - Pathology#Nomenclature|carcinomas]], which are more likely to be endocrinologically active, the others being adenomas.
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'''Insulinomas''' are slow growing, well-encapsulated, functional tumours of the [[Pancreas - Anatomy & Physiology#Endocrine|beta cells]] of the pancreatic islet cells.  They secrete inappropriately high amount of [[Pancreas - Anatomy & Physiology#Insulin|insulin]] irrespective of the serum glucose level.  They are predominantly [[Neoplasia - Pathology#Classification|malignant]] (90% of canine insulinomas), with a high metastatic rate to regional [[Lymph Nodes - Pathology|lymph nodes]], [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] and omentum.  60% of isulinomas are [[Neoplasia - Pathology#Nomenclature|carcinomas]], which are more likely to be endocrinologically active, the others being [[Neoplasia - Pathology#Nomenclature|adenomas]].
    
==Diagnosis==
 
==Diagnosis==
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