A Rare Cause of Hypoglycaemia

Overview

Journal BMJ Case Rep

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2011 Dec 8

PMID 22148076

Citations 2

Authors

Pinaki Dutta

Anil Bhansali

Santosh Kumar

P Jayaprakash

Uma Nahar

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Abstract

We describe the case of a 77-year-old man who was admitted with recurrent episodes of altered behaviour. These episodes were related to insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) mediated hypoglycaemia. Imaging revealed a large retroperitoneal mass and he underwent debulking surgery uneventfully. Histopathology revealed a solitary fibroma with intense immunostaining positive for CD34 and vimentin, suggesting a mesenchymal origin of the tumour. Later he received chemo/radiotherapy and is on prednisolone with abatement of hypoglycaemic episodes.

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