Paraneoplastic hypoglycaemia secondary to IGF-2 secretion from a metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Paraneoplastic hypoglycaemia secondary to IGF-2 secretion from a metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumour

We report the case of a 79-year-old male with previous history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in remission, who presented acutely to the Accident and Emergency department with recurrent episodes of hypoglycaemia. At the time of presentation, a random glucose was low at 1.4 mmol/l, which upon correct...

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Main Authors: Michael C. Onyema, Eftychia E. Drakou, Georgios Giovos, Bianca M. Leca, Christos Kosmas, Ratnadeep Ganguly, Narasimha Murthy, Ashley B. Grossman, Harpal S. Randeva, Georgios K. Dimitriadis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Endocrine and Metabolic Science
Subjects:
Paraneoplastic
Hypoglycaemia
Non-islet cell tumour
GIST
Imatinib
IGF-2
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666396120300017

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