ESPE Abstracts

Background: Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome (IAS) is a rare cause of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycaemia with only few descriptions in children in the literature. Drugs containing the sulfhydryl group, such as methimazol, are known to be a causative factor of this syndrome. Diazoxide and octreotide are usually ineffective in such patients.Objective: We aim to describe a rare case of IAS in a child, with a good response to a short course of glucocorticoid therapy....