IGF-II producing hepatic fibrosarcoma associated with hypoglycemia

Intern Med. 1993 Dec;32(12):897-901. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.32.897.

Abstract

A 67-year-old male was admitted with the complaint of weakness at hunger early in the morning, when blood glucose was less than 40 mg/dl. The abdominal ultrasonogram and computerized tomogram demonstrated a huge tumor in the right liver lobe. Hypoglycemia disappeared after transcatheter arterial embolization. Then hepatic lobectomy was performed. The tumor was histologically shown to be a fibrosarcoma. Insulin-like growth factor-II was intensely stained in the Golgi area of the tumor cells, suggesting its role in the mechanism of hypoglycemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Fibrosarcoma / complications
  • Fibrosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Fibrosarcoma / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemia / etiology
  • Hypoglycemia / therapy
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / biosynthesis*
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / etiology
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / therapy

Substances

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor II