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Renal cell carcinoma with non‐islet cell tumor hypoglycemia
Author(s) -
FERNANDO HERMAN S,
HAWKYARD SIMON J,
POON PHILIP,
MUSA MOHAMMED
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01452.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoglycemia , islet , renal cell carcinoma , insulin , endocrinology , pathology , oncology
We report a case of an elderly gentleman with renal cell carcinoma presenting with the rare entity of non‐islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH). Non‐islet cell tumor hypoglycemia syndrome is caused by the tumor producing insulin‐like growth factor II, causing hypoglycemia. The syndrome is most commonly associated with very large fibromas or fibrosarcomas.