Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon Hong Kong
THY Tan (陳浩然) FHKCPaed, FHKAM(Paediatrics)
KL Ng (吳國樑) FRCP, FHKAM(Paediatrics)
Correspondence to: Dr KL Ng
Received December 30, 2012
Congenital hyperinsulinism is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycaemia in infancy, with neonatal onset having the worst neurological prognosis. This case describes a compound homozygous KATP channel mutation that was managed conservatively without pancreatectomy in a child with good neurological outcome.