Doege-Potter syndrome presenting with hypoinsulinemic hypoglycemia in a patient with a malignant extrapleural solitary fibrous tumor: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Doege-Potter syndrome is a paraneoplastic syndrome characterized by non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia secondary to a solitary fibrous tumor. This tumor causes hypoglycemia by the secretion of a prohormone form of insulin-like growth factor II. We describe the diagnosis and management o...

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Autores principales: Schutt, Robert C, Gordon, Trish A, Bhabhra, Ruchi, Cathro, Helen P, Cook, Stephen L, McCartney, Christopher R, Weiss, Geoffrey R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23302323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-11

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23302323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-11

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