Treatment of haemangiopericytoma-associated hypoglycaemia with embolisation.
A 48-year-old woman with a known history of metastatic haemangiopericytoma presented with intractable hypoglycaemia. Hypoglycaemia was accompanied by undetectable serum insulin levels with high levels of proforms of insulin-like growth factor-II ('big' IGF-II). Reduction of tumour load with embolisation resulted in a normal pattern of serum glucose levels throughout the day.
Nanayakkara
P W.B.
PW
Department of Medical Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Medische Centrum, Postbus 7075, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
van Doorn
J
J
van den Berg
F G.
FG
van Groeningen
C J.
CJ
Pinedo
H M.
HM
Hoekman
K
K