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Thorax 1991;46:932-933 doi:10.1136/thx.46.12.932
  • Research Article

Spontaneous hypoglycaemia and pleural fibroma: role of insulin like growth factors.

  1. N E Moat,
  2. J D Teale,
  3. R E Lea,
  4. A W Matthews
  1. Wessex Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton General Hospital.

      Abstract

      Spontaneous hypoglycaemia was the presenting feature of a man with a large subpleural fibroma. Preoperative and postoperative studies support the view that the tumour induced hypoglycaemia was due to the secretion of peptide hormones by the tumour.

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