26th May 2025

Management

Management of hypoglycaemia: 

• Dietary, diazoxide – a drug which inhibits insulin secretion, octreotide to normalise blood glucose
• Definitive management:
  • Resectable disease: Laparoscopic (for small, single lesions), partial pancreatectomy, radical resection. Based on location and size of lesion. 
  • Unresectable disease (if high risk, metastatic disease): radiofrequency ablation, embolization, intra-arterial chemotherapy – depending on patient factors and MDT decision