Insulinoma in a 94-year-old Woman: Long-term Therapy with Verapamil
- Jan S Ulbrecht, M.D.,
- Ralph Schmeltz, M.D.,
- Jerome H Aarons, M.D. and
- Douglas A Greene, M.D.
- Diabetes Research Laboratories of the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Room 3304, Presbyterian University Hospital 230 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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Abstract
Several drugs can be used to control hypoglycemia caused by insulin-secreting pancreatic tumors but none are reliably efficacious or free of side effects. We report the case of a woman with an insulinoma who refused surgical intervention and was successfully treated with the Ca2+-channel blocker verapamil.
- Copyright © 1986 by the American Diabetes Association
