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A 59-year-old man was admitted because of recurrent, severe hypoglycemia. He had multiple metastases from a meningeal hemangiopericytoma, which had been operated on 12 years earlier. The results of laboratory testing at the time of hypoglycemia showed very low serum levels of insulin, C-peptide, and growth hormone, with slightly high levels of insulin-like growth factor-II, and a normal level of insulin-like growth factor-I. The diagnosis of hemangiopericytoma-associated hypoglycemia was proposed. The patient was given corticosteroid therapy, which ameliorated symptoms of hypoglycemia.
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Anaforoğlu, İ., Şimşek, A., Turan, T. et al. Hemangiopericytoma-associated hypoglycemia improved by glucocorticoid therapy: a case report. Endocr 36, 151–154 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-009-9197-8
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