Insulinoma May Present as Epilepsy: A Case Report

Hypoglycemia developing linked to insulinoma may present with clinical findings similar to epileptic seizures and electroencephalography findings may be in accordance with epilepsy. As a result some insulinoma patients are followed as epilepsy resistant to treatment for years. Our case was a 20-year old female patient and was followed for epilepsy. The blood tests indicated hypoglycemia and the result of examination, the patient diagnosis was insulinoma. We present this case with the aim of emphasizing the importance of not forgetting insulinoma as an etiology in epilepsy resistant to treatment.