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A case of extragastrointestinal stromal tumor complicated by severe hypoglycemia: a unique presentation of a rare tumor

BACKGROUND: Non-Islet Cell Tumor Hypoglycemia (NICTH) is a rare paraneoplastic cause of hypoglycemia arising from excess tumor production of insulin-like growth factor. The objective of this report is to describe an unusual case of Extragastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (EGIST) associated NICTH. CASE P...

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Autores principales: Saeed, Zeb, Taleb, Solaema, Evans-Molina, Carmella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27905899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2968-8