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HYPOGLYCAEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTRATHORACIC FIBROSARCOMA
Author(s) -
WALSH C. H.,
WRIGHT A. D.,
COORE H. G.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1975.tb01546.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrosarcoma , endocrinology , pathology
SUMMARY A patient with an intrathoracic fibrosarcoma in whom disabling hypoglycaemic episodes occurred is reported. No further hypoglycaemic episodes occurred following removal of the tumour. The mechanism of the hypoglycaemia associated with non‐pancreatic tumours is discussed. It seems that inadequate hepatic glucose output was an important factor in contributing to the hypoglycaemia in this patient.