Hypoglycaemic encephalopathy following surgery on phaeochromocytoma.
Severe hypoglycaemia as a complication of excision of a phaeochromocytoma has been reported seven times in the world literature. The eighth case, reported here, is unusual for the severity of the hypoglycaemic neurological damage which persisted for 10 weeks before ultimate recovery.
Channa
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King Khalid University Hospital, Department of Surgery (37), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mofti
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Taylor
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Mekki
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Sheikh
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D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D001928:Brain Diseases, Metabolic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*