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Age and Ageing 2003; 32: 453-455
© 2003, British Geriatrics Society

Case Reports

Paroxysmal ‘funny turns' in an elderly woman – a 95-year-old with an insulinoma

I. Rasool1, Indrajit Gupta2 and Gerry Bennett3,

1 Colchester Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, UK
2 Department of Health Care of the Elderly, Barts and The London NHS Trust, Mile End Hospital, London, UK
3 Academic Department of Health Care of the Elderly, Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG, UK

A 95-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with a fractured neck of femur following a fall. There was no past history of note other than numerous episodes of ‘funny turns' preceding falls some of which resulted in fractures. During her admission she had a ‘funny turn’. Immediate investigations revealed hypoglycaemia and subsequent biochemical abnormalities, most likely due to a benign endocrine tumour – an insulinoma.

Keywords: funny turns, falls, hypoglycaemia, insulinoma


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