Arterial embolization in the management of liver tumour with recurrent hypoglycaemia.

Introduction The secretion of a hormone with insulin-like activity by hepatic metastases is an uncommon complication of non-pancreatic malignant tumours (Laurent, Debry and Floquet, 1971). A case is now reported of retroperitoneal malignant haemangiopericytoma with recurrent hypoglycaemic attacks resulting from hepatic metastases. Following hepatic angiography, hypoglycaemia has been effectively controlled by trans-catheter hepatic arterial embolization on 5 separate occasions.