title: [Pleura solitary fibrous tumor associated with Doege-Potter Syndrome].
abstract: The Doege-Potter Syndrome is known as a combination of intrathoracic tumor associated to symptomatic hypoglycemia. Solitary Fibrous Tumor is a mesenchymal neoplasm. Initially, it was described in the pleura, however, it starts out in any organ or tissue at the expense of a stromal CD34+ cell. Most of the patients are asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis. Symptoms such as cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and hypoglycemia due to production of IGF-2 have been reported (Doegge- Potter Syndrome). Others described paraneoplastic profiles are hypertrophic osteoarthropathy and in some cases galactorrhea. We report on a case of a 77 year old patient with solitary fibrous tumor in the pleura as well as symptomatic hypoglycemia. The primary treatment is surgical resection, and a longtime monitoring is necessary because recurrences can occur even after a long period of remission.
authors.affiliation: San Cecilio Klinikum, Sektion Pneumologie, Granada, Spanien. marivalen8@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valenzuela Membrives
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cassini Gómez de Cádiz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cueto Ladròn de Guevara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Pacheco
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D054363:Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome