– Middle aged cat with presented with seizure and hypoglycaemia few months duration.
– Pancreatic mass distal right limb pancreas, could not see any mets at the time.
– Excisional biopsy: insulinoma/carcinoma, not clear margins.
– Clinical signs and hypoglycaemia resolved post surgery but now blood glucose dropping after a month despite steroids.
– Anyone have experience of medical management of insulinoma in a cat?
– Middle aged cat with presented with seizure and hypoglycaemia few months duration.
– Pancreatic mass distal right limb pancreas, could not see any mets at the time.
– Excisional biopsy: insulinoma/carcinoma, not clear margins.
– Clinical signs and hypoglycaemia resolved post surgery but now blood glucose dropping after a month despite steroids.
– Anyone have experience of medical management of insulinoma in a cat?
5 responses to “Insulinoma in a cat”
Oher than keep cutting it out
Oher than keep cutting it out and pred I havent used anything more in cats… remo any insight here?
Very rare tumor with only
Very rare tumor with only reported treatment being surgical excision. Can try increasing the dose of steroids and feeding small complex carbohydrate/protein meals. Is the cat showing clinical signs?
Initially symptoms were
Initially symptoms were seizuring and hypoglycaemia. Now just dropping blood glucose on serial examinations.
Initially symptoms were
Initially symptoms were seizuring and hypoglycaemia. Now just dropping blood glucose on serial examinations.
Would recommend keeping a
Would recommend keeping a regular eye on the blood glucose.