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endocrine glands, food, insulin release, insuloma, islet cells adenoma, an insulinoma, tumor, in the pancreas that produces too much insulin, pancreas, organ, in the abdomen that makes the hormone insulin, insulin is required to regulate blood sugar levels, tumors, the pancreas that produce too much insulin, hyperinsulinemia, insulinomas, high insulin levels cause low blood glucose, sugar, hypoglycemia, hypoglycemia mild, symptoms anxiety, hunger, severe, seizures, coma, death, insulinomas, rare tumors, occur, single, small tumors in adults, very rare in children, most children, hyperinsulinism have multiple pockets of overactive insulin-secreting cells, in the pancreas, rather than a single discrete tumor, most insulinomas, not cancer, five to ten percent, cancer, the genetic syndrome, multiple endocrine neoplasia type i, meni, at risk, developing insulinomas, sweating, tremor, rapid heart rate, anxiety, hunger, dizziness, headache, clouding vision, confusion, behavioral changes, convulsions, loss of consciousness, person's blood tested fasting, not eating, low blood glucose, high serum insulin level, high c-peptide level, tests, ct scan, mri, the abdomen to look, pancreatic tumor, endoscopic ultrasound to look, pancreatic tumor, ct, mri scan is normal, octreotide scan to look, pancreatic tumor, ct, mri scan is normal, pancreatic arteriography, ct, mri scan is normal, pancreatic venous sampling, insulin, ct, mri scan is normal, surgery, preferred treatment, insulinoma, location, the tumor is determined using diagnostic testing, surgical exploration, single tumors, removed, patients, multiple tumors, require partial removal, the pancreas, partial pancreatectomy, at least 15%, the pancreas is left, prevent nutrient malabsorption from lack of pancreatic enzymes, no tumor is found, surgery, a patient is not a candidate, surgery, drug diazoxide given to lower insulin secretion, avoid hypoglycemia, a diuretic, water pill, medication to keep the person's body from retaining fluid, octreotide has been, suppress insulin secretion, patients, medication, stabilize the person, prior to surgery, majority of cases, tumor is benign, surgery is effective, a severe hypoglycemic reaction, spread of cancerous tumors to other organs, fatal, severe hypoglycemic reaction, cancerous tumor spreading, metastasis, symptoms of insulinoma develop, convulsions, decreased consciousness, emergency symptoms.