Spontaneous hypoglycaemia and pleural fibroma: role of insulin like growth factors.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Spontaneous hypoglycaemia was the presenting feature of a man with a large subpleural fibroma. Preoperative and postoperative studies support the view that the tumour induced hypoglycaemia was due to the secretion of peptide hormones by the tumour.
Medical subject headings
- Fibroma
- Hypoglycemia
- Pleural Neoplasms
- Somatomedins