Hypoglycemia mediated by paraneoplastic production of Insulin like growth factor–2 from a malignant renal solitary fibrous tumor – clinical case and literature review

BACKGROUND: Hypoglycemic episodes are infrequent in individuals without a history of diabetes mellitus or bariatric surgery. When hypoglycemia does occur in such individuals, an uncommon but important diagnosis to consider is non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH). We report a case of NICTH assoc...

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Autores principales: Khowaja, Ameer, Johnson-Rabbett, Brianna, Bantle, John, Moheet, Amir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4067084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24934576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-14-49

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4067084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24934576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-14-49

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