Severe paraneoplastic hypoglycemia in a patient with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor with an exon 9 mutation: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Non-islet cell tumor induced hypoglycemia (NICTH) is a very rare phenomenon, but even more so in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. It tends to present in large or metastatic tumors, and can appear at any time in the progression of the...

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Main Authors: Gonzalez Rene, Buckley Linda, Weiss Glen J, Heiple Drew C, Nydam Trevor L, Robinson William A, Escobar Guillermo A, McCarter Martin D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/13