Insulin Assays in Two Cases of Spontaneous Hypoglycaemia Due to Retroperitoneal Mesothelioma
| Autor: | F. Lal, N. Samaan, R. B. Welbourn, Russell Fraser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology business.industry Insulin medicine.medical_treatment General Engineering nutritional and metabolic diseases General Medicine Papers and Originals medicine.disease Gastroenterology Spontaneous hypoglycaemia Internal medicine Surgical removal medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences Mesothelioma business General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | British medical journal. 2(5455) |
| ISSN: | 0007-1447 |
| Popis: | The occurrence of hypoglycaemia in association with an extrapancreatic tumour is well recognized (Doege, 1930 ; Arkless, 1942 ; Hines, 1943 ; Scholz et al., 1957 ; Butterfield et al., 1960a, 1960b ; Steinke et al., 1962). The hypoglycaemia can be prevented by the surgical removal of the tumour, but the exact mechanism of the production of the hypoglycaemia is not understood. We report here two cases in which assays for insulin-like activity in the plasma and tissues may have helped to elucidate the mechanism. |
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