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. 1976 Jun;29(6):520–529. doi: 10.1136/jcp.29.6.520

Spindle-cell tumours and hypoglycaemia.

P R Millard, D W Jerrome, G H Millward-Sadler
PMCID: PMC476109  PMID: 945808

Abstract

The light microscopy and clinical features of two patients with extrapancreatic tumours and hypoglycaemic episodes are described-together with the electron microscopy findings in one patient. The primary tumour of one patient arose within the skull and later metastasized to the liver, while the other patient had a locally recurrent intrathoracic tumour. Neither the intracranial origin nor the ultrastructural features support the concept of a mesothelial origin for these tumours, and they should be referred to as spindle-cell tumours associated with hypoglycaemia. There are ultrastructural similarities between these neoplasms and those of the pancreatic beta cells.

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