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. 1991 Dec;46(12):932–933. doi: 10.1136/thx.46.12.932

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

N E Moat 1, J D Teale 1, R E Lea 1, A W Matthews 1
PMCID: PMC463503  PMID: 1792644

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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