Paraganglioma Associated with Hypoglycemia

A 63-year-old female had frequent attacks of palpitations with sweating and occasional loss of consciousness for 7 years before admission. These symptoms and documented hypoglycemia (blood glucose : 46mg/dl) suggested insulinoma, but computed tomography demonstrated a retroperitoneal tumor which was...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 1992, Vol.31(10), pp.1239-1241
Hauptverfasser:	FUJINO, Kazuyuki, YAMAMOTO, Shinro, MATSUMOTO, Mitsuhito, SUNADA, Mitsutoshi, OTA, Tamotsu
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenal Glands - surgery Blood Glucose - analysis Female Humans Hypoglycemia - etiology Middle Aged Paraganglioma - complications Paraganglioma - diagnosis Paraganglioma - metabolism Paraganglioma - pathology Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - complications Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - diagnosis Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - pathology Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - surgery Retroperitoneal Space - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	A 63-year-old female had frequent attacks of palpitations with sweating and occasional loss of consciousness for 7 years before admission. These symptoms and documented hypoglycemia (blood glucose : 46mg/dl) suggested insulinoma, but computed tomography demonstrated a retroperitoneal tumor which was diagnosed as a paraganglioma by histological examination of the resected specimen. (Internal Medicine 31 : 1239-1241, 1992)
ISSN:	0918-2918 1349-7235
DOI:	10.2169/internalmedicine.31.1239