insulinoma

Surgery is the only treatment for patients with insulinoma , however, it is usually associated with longer time to recovery and loss of healthy pancreatic tissue can lead to diabetes.

In one Mayo Clinic study, it took a year and a half for patients with an insulinoma to get the diagnosis, on average — and a few had been sick for decades.

So again her doctors searched for evidence of an insulinoma.

The typical patient with an insulinoma, we are taught, is female and overweight from eating extra food to keep her blood glucose up.

Despite these mental pictures, insulinoma is often misdiagnosed as a neurological or a psychological problem before the right diagnosis is made.