[Benign hypoglycemiant pleural tumors. Report on two cases].
Two cases of hypoglycemiant pleural fibroma are reported: -- the first case, in a patient with sarcoidosis, was diagnosed following the onset of neuropsychic manifestations due to hypoglycemia; --the second case, much more atypical, was a patient with an enormous pleural tumor affecting cardiorespiratory function to such a degree that almost total incapacity ensued: the hypoglycemia was detected during routine pre-operative investigations. Various extrathoracic manifestations accompany these tumors: osteo-articular (present in 1 patient), and thyroidal (present in both cases). The various mechanisms proposed to explain the development of hypoglycemia in patients with certain extra-pancreatic tumors are reviewed.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
Deux nouveaux cas de tumeurs pleurales bénignes hypoglycémiantes.