title: Treatment of haemangiopericytoma-associated hypoglycaemia with embolisation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Medische Centrum, Postbus 7075, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
authors.forename: P W.B.
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Nanayakkara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Doorn
authors.forename: F G.
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.forename: C J.
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: van Groeningen
authors.forename: H M.
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pinedo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoekman