Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia in a patient with uterine carcinosarcoma

Miller P Singleton; Sirisha Thambuluru; Teresa Samulski; Sarah E Paraghamian; Leslie H Clark

doi:10.1016/j.gore.2021.100912

Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia in a patient with uterine carcinosarcoma

Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2021 Dec 20:39:100912. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2021.100912. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Miller P Singleton¹, Sirisha Thambuluru², Teresa Samulski³, Sarah E Paraghamian⁴, Leslie H Clark⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
² Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
⁴ Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

Abstract

•Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH) is a rare cause of hypoglycemia in patients with uterine carcinosarcoma.•Complete surgical resection is the first-line treatment for NICTH.•In patients with tumors not amenable to complete resection, partial resection can provide improvement in severe hypoglycemia.

Keywords: Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia; Surgical resection; Uterine carcinosarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports