Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with hypoglycemia: the Doege-Potter syndrome.
The occurrence of hypoglycemia with an intrathoracic tumor was reported in 1930 independently by Doege and Potter. Since then, the presence of a nonpancreatic tumor associated with low blood sugars has often been referred to as the Doege-Potter syndrome. We report a patient with a recurrent solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura who experienced symptomatic hypoglycemia attributable to his tumor.
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Division of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY.
Burns
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Overly
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Curd
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms; D011379:Prognosis; D013577:Syndrome