A solitary fibrous tumor in the pelvic cavity of a patient with Doege-Potter syndrome: a case report

Abstract Background A solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a mesenchymal lesion, which commonly develops in the thorax. Non-islet cell hypoglycemia is a rare paraneoplastic phenomenon caused by an extra-pancreatic tumor. We report a rare case of a pelvic SFT with severe hypoglycemia, which was considered...

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Main Authors: Yukiko Wada, Keiichi Okano, Yasuhisa Ando, Jun Uemura, Hironobu Suto, Eisuke Asano, Takayoshi Kishino, Minoru Oshima, Kensuke Kumamoto, Hisashi Usuki, Yasuyuki Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-04-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-019-0617-6