อินซูลิโนมา

Key Facts

• Rare; more common in dogs than cats
• Produces excess insulin, driving blood sugar dangerously low
• Signs: weakness, collapse, seizures, disorientation (all from low blood sugar)
• Diagnosis: low blood glucose with inappropriately high insulin level
• Treatment: surgery to remove tumor; medical management with frequent small meals
• Prednisone and diazoxide used to raise blood sugar when surgery not possible
• Species: dogs and cats