Spontaneous hypoglycaemia and pleural fibroma: role of insulin like growth factors.
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.
Moat
N E
NE
Wessex Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton General Hospital.
Teale
J D
JD
Lea
R E
RE
Matthews
A W
AW
D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000378:metabolism*
D013002:Somatomedins