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A 94-Year-Old Man with Recurrent Hypoglycemia Caused by Non-Islet Cell Tumor Hypoglycemia ( NICTH )
Author(s) -
Mariam S. Alharbi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1658-7774
pISSN - 1658-3639
DOI - 10.12816/0024000
Subject(s) - hypoglycemia , medicine , islet , presentation (obstetrics) , fibrosarcoma , surgery , pathology , insulin
Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH) is a rare but serious paraneoplastic syndrome in which a tumor secretes the high molecular weight form of IGF-II, causing hypoglycemia and requiring early diagnosis and management. Here, I report a rare case of NICTH caused by fibrosarcoma in a 94-year-old male with recurrent hypoglycemia. This case report describes the clinical presentation and diagnostic and management issues involved in a case of NICTH that was diagnosed at a tertiary care institute.

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