Insulinoma in a 94-year-old woman: long-term therapy with verapamil.
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.
D007516:Adenoma, Islet Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014700:Verapamil / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D014700:Verapamil