1.
Diabetes Metab
; 30(3): 276-9, 2004 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15223980
ABSTRACT
Non-islet cell tumor-related hypoglycemia is a rare phenomenon. We report the case of a 63 Year-old man admitted for hemiparesia and a capillary blood glucose of 20 mg/dL. The presence of an immature form of IGF-II that can mimic the effect of insulin, namely "big IGF-II", explained this patient's hypoglycaemia. A moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the cardia with metastatic extension to the stomach and the liver was demonstrated. Octreotide failed to control the hypoglycaemia, therefore prednisolone (2 mg/kg per day) and enteral feeding prevented new episodes of severe hypoglycaemia.
Subject(s)
Adenocarcinoma/diagnosis , Blood Glucose/metabolism , Hypoglycemia/etiology , Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/physiology , Stomach Neoplasms/diagnosis , Fatal Outcome , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Octreotide/therapeutic use
2.
Med Trop (Mars)
; 62(1): 101, 2002.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12038166
Subject(s)
Dysentery, Bacillary/mortality , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Severity of Illness Index
3.
Gastroenterol Clin Biol
; 24(8-9): 853-4, 2000.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11184317
