title: Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with associated Doege-Potter syndrome.
abstract: Doege-Potter syndrome is a paraneoplastic syndrome characterized by tumor-associated hypoglycemia secondary to a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura. We present a case of an 84-year-old man, who presented with acute mental confusion and therapy-resistant hypoglycemia. Diagnostic imaging revealed a large sharply defined pleural tumor based on the left diaphragm, after surgical resection the diagnosis was made of a malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura and restoration of the glucose homeostasis was observed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery , Antwerp University Hospital , Edegem (Antwerp) , Belgium.
authors.forename: J Reinder D
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Reuvers
authors.affiliation: a Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery , Antwerp University Hospital , Edegem (Antwerp) , Belgium.
authors.forename: Martijn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Dorp
authors.affiliation: a Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery , Antwerp University Hospital , Edegem (Antwerp) , Belgium.
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Van Schil
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D054363:Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Doege–Potter syndrome; hypoglycemia; pleura; solitary fibrous tumor