Question

You are working at an emergency practice and a woman brings in her ferret "Macy" who is obtunded. The ferret is very weak and appears neurologic. The veterinarian suspects an insulinoma, which is the third most common tumor in the ferret. If this is the case, what laboratory finding would you expect? vtne

Answer 1

Answer:

Hypoglycemia.

Explanation:

An insulinoma is a benign tumor formed by the pancreas cells that secret insulin. As there are a lot of these cells, there is a lot of insulin, which makes the glucose levels in the blood decrease, causing weakness. If this is the case, I would be expecting to find low levels of glucose in the blood (hypoglycemia) in the laboratory results.