title: Solitary fibrous tumour of the liver with IGF-II-related hypoglycaemia. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report a rare case of solitary fibrous tumour (SFT) of the liver associated with non-islet cell tumour hypoglycaemia (NICTH), which caused a hypoglycaemic coma due to over-production of big-insulin-like growth factor-II.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although generally benign, SFTs are better characterised, lately due to Western blot, but less than 40 cases have been reported where the liver is the target organ. In only two benign cases has hypoglycaemia been a feature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report for the first time a demonstrable relationship between benign liver SFT and NICTH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Pathology, University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy. famafausto@yahoo.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Famà
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Le Bouc
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barrande
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villeneuve
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Pidoto
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saint Marc
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003128:Coma / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; C066038:proinsulin-like growth factor II; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II