Table 2.

Clinicopathological features of the current cases

(A) ANHH cases.
	CASE 1	CASE 2	CASE 3	CASE 4
Age (years)/Gender	24/M	54/M	49/F	34/F
Symptom	HH	Hypoglycemia with LOC	Hypoglycemia with headache and LOC after TG	HH with arrhythmia
Clinical Diagnosis	ANHH	Insulinoma	ANHH	Insulinoma
CT scan	No nodule	No nodule	No nodule	No nodule
Surgical procedure	DP	DP	DP	DP
Postoperative course	No hypoglycemic symptom	Occasional hypoglycemic symptom	Repeated hypoglycemic symptoms 12 years after operation, she died of ischemic heart disease	No data
Type	Diffuse	Diffuse	Diffuse	Diffuse
Site of the pancreas in a representative section	Tail	Tail	Body	Body
(B) Control cases.
	CASE 1	CASE 2	CASE 3	CASE 4	CASE 5
Age (years)/Gender	74/F	46/F	65/M	69/M	65/M
Diseases	pulmonary vascular injury, AAV, HLH, aspergillosis, pulmonary nocardiosis	Ruptured esophageal varices, PSC, UC, LC	Systemic metastasis of prostate cancer	ICH, HT	AP, peritonitis, ALS
Site of the pancreas in a representative section	Tail	Tail	Head	Body	Body

AAV, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis; ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ANHH, adult nonneoplastic hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia; AP, aspiration pneumonia; DP, distal pancreatectomy; HH hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia; HLH, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; HT, hypertension; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhaging; LC, liver cirrhosis; LOC, loss of consciousness; PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis; TG, total gastrectomy; UC, ulcerative colitis