title: Doege-Potter syndrome: hypoglycaemic coma in a 90-year old due to a solitary fibrous tumour.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura (SFTP) is a rare primary tumour of the pleura associated with 4% of cases with a paraneoplastic hypoglycaemia, termed Doege-Potter syndrome (DPS). We report a case of DPS presenting with severe coma in a 90-year-old woman. The cause was a malignant SFTP treated with surgical resection, from which the patient made a full recovery with prevention of recurrent hypoglycaemia. Surgical resection of the SFTP presenting with symptomatic hypoglycaemia should be considered even in elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avramenko
authors.affiliation: Department of Gerontology, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Hayat
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lahjibi-Paulet
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou,Paris, France.
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gibault
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roussel
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grand
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Le Pimpec-Barthes
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001706:Biopsy; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003128:Coma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D054363:Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001786:Blood Glucose
keywords: Doege-Potter syndrome; older patient; solitary fibrous tumour