Laparoscopic enucleation of insulinoma in the pancreas - Case report and review of the literature

We report a case of islet cell tumor of the pancreas managed by laparoscopi c surgery. A 27-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital after fainting from hypoglycemia. Diagnostic imaging showed a small tumor I cm in diameter in the body of the pancreas. Laparoscopic enucleation of the tumor was per formed with laparoscopic coagulating shears. The operation time was 210 min utes. and there were no perioperative complications such as pancreatic leak age. The postoperative course was uneventful. and the patient was discharge d from the hospital on the seventh postoperative day. The histopathologic d iagnosis was insulin-producing islet cell tumor. This method is technically feasible and safe for the management of small islet cell tumors located on the surface of the pancreas.