Intra-Abdominal Solitary Fibrous Tumor secretes high molecular weight IGF-II, causing Hypoglycemia

Abstract

Abhishiek Setia, Martha Bilbatua, Sarahi Herrera-Gonzalez and Mindy Griffith

Hypoglycemia is a common event that has many well-known causes. Nevertheless, Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH) is not one of them. As a matter of fact, NICTH is a rare but serious paraneoplastic syndrome. Solitary Fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare spindle cell neoplasm derived from mesenchymal cells that in just 5% of cases releases “The Big” Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) II leading to hypoglycemic events [1].

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