Localized pleural mesothelioma with elevation of high molecular weight insulin-like growth factor II and hypoglycemia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Recurrent hypoglycemia occurred in a 48-year-old woman with a localized pleural mesothelioma. During hypoglycemia, serum high molecular weight insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) was elevated. The tumor also contained a high level of high molecular weight IGF-II. We propose that the primary cause of the hypoglycemia in this patient was the high molecular weight IGF-II produced by the tumor.
Medical subject headings
- Hypoglycemia
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
- Mesothelioma
- Pleural Neoplasms