Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3419748 | Revue de Pneumologie Clinique | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Syndrome Doege-Potter is a paraneoplastic syndrome in which hypoglycemia is the result of tumors producing insulin growth factor-like (IGF-II) it is most often solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (TFSP). These are rare and may be discovered incidentally, during non-specific respiratory symptoms or during hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia occurs in tumors of large volume and it disappears after surgery, which is the treatment of choice for a permanent cure in most cases. We present a case of Doege-Potter syndrome whose interest is to consider the TFSP as a cause of hypoglycemia in patients with pleural tumors.
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Authors
L. Herrak, M. Mricha, K. Berri, M.T. El Fassy Fihry, A. Benosmane,