Doege-Potter syndrome: hypoglycaemic coma in a 90-year old due to a solitary fibrous tumour.
Age Ageing
; 46(3): 527-529, 2017 05 01.
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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.
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Assunto principal:
Síndromes Paraneoplásicas
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Coma
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Tumor Fibroso Solitário Pleural
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Hipoglicemia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Age Ageing
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article
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França