Rituximab induced hypoglycemia in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
BACKGROUND
Hypoglycemia is a vary rare toxicity of rituximab. The exact mechanism of rituximab induced hypoglycemia is not clear.


METHODS
A 50 year old female presented with a left tonsillar non Hodgkin's lymphoma and was started on R-CHOP chemotherapy. Twenty four hours after the first rituximab infusion, she developed hypoglycemia which was managed by IV glucose infusion.


CONCLUSIONS
Hypoglycemia following rituximab administration is rare. Possibilities of hypoglycemia should be kept in mind in patients developing symptoms like fatigue, restlessness, and sweating while on rituximab therapy.
Hussain
Badrudeen M
BM
Division of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. hussain@rcctvm.org
Geetha
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Lali
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Pandey
Manoj
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