Refractory Hypoglycemia Presenting as First Manifestation of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hypoglycemia is a well-established paraneoplastic manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, hypoglycemia presenting as the primary presentation of HCC is extremely rare. Most cases are resistant to glucose infusion and may lead to severe complications such as hypoglycemic seizures. W...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Mithun, Reddy, Duvurru Nageshwar, Kiat, Tan Chee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157905
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2014.82
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author Sharma, Mithun
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description Hypoglycemia is a well-established paraneoplastic manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, hypoglycemia presenting as the primary presentation of HCC is extremely rare. Most cases are resistant to glucose infusion and may lead to severe complications such as hypoglycemic seizures. We present a patient who had hypoglycemia as first manifestation of HCC and was managed conservatively.
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spelling pubmed-44353542015-07-08 Refractory Hypoglycemia Presenting as First Manifestation of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Sharma, Mithun Reddy, Duvurru Nageshwar Kiat, Tan Chee ACG Case Rep J Case Report Hypoglycemia is a well-established paraneoplastic manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, hypoglycemia presenting as the primary presentation of HCC is extremely rare. Most cases are resistant to glucose infusion and may lead to severe complications such as hypoglycemic seizures. We present a patient who had hypoglycemia as first manifestation of HCC and was managed conservatively. American College of Gastroenterology 2014-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4435354/ /pubmed/26157905 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2014.82 Text en Copyright © Sharma et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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title_short Refractory Hypoglycemia Presenting as First Manifestation of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
title_sort refractory hypoglycemia presenting as first manifestation of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435354/
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