Unusual presentation of severe hypoglycemia.
An unusual case of severe hypoglycemia during which a patient was awake and able to walk despite a serum glucose concentration of 10 mg/dl (0.55 mmol/l) is reported. No tumor was found at autopsy, and the patient was not diabetic. Repeat glucose determinations on the initial as well as subsequent blood samples and a mixing study were performed to exclude interference and sampling or analytic error. The discrepancy between the clinical status of the patient and the degree of hypoglycemia remains an enigma.
D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000097:blood*
D001786:Blood Glucose