Malignant fibroma presenting as a hypoglycemia and coma in a 45-year-old male patient: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Nov 20;10(11):e6627. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6627. eCollection 2022 Nov.

Abstract

Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are a rare group of spindle cell neoplasm of submesothelial origin with malignant potential and can present as hypoglycemia secondary to excess secretion of insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) from the tumor. Early diagnosis and treatment are very important in such cases to prevent hypoxic injury to the brain secondary to hypoglycemia. Here, we are presenting a case of a 45-year-old male patient, who presented with recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia spells, and later on, it was diagnosed that hypoglycemic spells were secondary to fibroma.

Keywords: fibroma; hypoglycemia; insulin‐like growth factor II.

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