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An Unusual Cause of Coma
This case report is an unusual presentation of fibroid uterus as coma. The patient developed a recurrent hypoglycemia possibly secondary to the insulin-like growth factor secreted from the fibroid. The hypoglycemic symptoms disappeared on removal of the fibroid. The histopathological examination rev...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3465973/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/982198 |
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author | Ovallath, Sujith Raj, R. S. Rahman, Abdu Girija, A. S. |
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description | This case report is an unusual presentation of fibroid uterus as coma. The patient developed a recurrent hypoglycemia possibly secondary to the insulin-like growth factor secreted from the fibroid. The hypoglycemic symptoms disappeared on removal of the fibroid. The histopathological examination revealed no evidence of malignancy. |
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spelling | pubmed-34659732012-10-10 An Unusual Cause of Coma Ovallath, Sujith Raj, R. S. Rahman, Abdu Girija, A. S. Case Rep Med Case Report This case report is an unusual presentation of fibroid uterus as coma. The patient developed a recurrent hypoglycemia possibly secondary to the insulin-like growth factor secreted from the fibroid. The hypoglycemic symptoms disappeared on removal of the fibroid. The histopathological examination revealed no evidence of malignancy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3465973/ /pubmed/23056056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/982198 Text en Copyright © 2012 Sujith Ovallath et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ovallath, Sujith Raj, R. S. Rahman, Abdu Girija, A. S. An Unusual Cause of Coma |
title | An Unusual Cause of Coma |
title_full | An Unusual Cause of Coma |
title_fullStr | An Unusual Cause of Coma |
title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Cause of Coma |
title_short | An Unusual Cause of Coma |
title_sort | unusual cause of coma |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3465973/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/982198 |
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