INTRATHORACIC TUMORS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOGLYCEMIA

Hypoglycemia in Tumors Outside the Pancreas with a Case Report

A patient with adenocarcinoma of the stomach and recurrent hypoglycemia is presented. The fasting blood sugar ranged from lOm/100,ml to 35mg/100 and the serum insuline levels ranged from 24 miU/ml to  42 miu/ml. The counterregulatory hormones(growth hormone, cortisol, adrenocorticotropin hormone) levels were within normal limits. No significant hepatic involvement was observed in isotopic live...

Intrathoracic Fatty Tumors.

Intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis mimicking intrathoracic tumors: A case report

Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is a rare disease that is characterized by the presence of hemopoietic tissue outside the bone marrow. The masses that form are usually microscopic and asymptomatic, but occasionally lead to tumor-like masses. A 56-year-old male who initially presented to the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) with upper abdomi...

The chemotherapy of intrathoracic tumors.

Unilateral hyperhidrosis associated with underlying intrathoracic neoplasia.

CASE 1 A 67 year old retired shotblaster complained of a 3 kg weight loss, mild dyspnoea, chest pain localised to the right costal margin, and profuse sweating localised to an area below the right scapula. He smoked 15 cigarettes per day. Examination confirmed a right sided localised band of sweating at the level ofT6-9 posteriorly. Apart from minimal winging of the right scapula and some wasti...