ea0038p70 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2015
Mudenha Emily Tafadzwa
, Okpe Andrew
, Fernando Devaka
Introduction: We present a case of a gentleman with non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH), a rare cause of spontaneous hypoglycemia that presents clinical challenges in maintaining euglycaemia.Case report: A 76-year-old gentleman not known to be diabetic presented with confusion and agitation. On admission he had a blood glucose reading of 2.1 mmol/l and clinical examination confirmed an abdominal mass. He was initially resuscitated with i.v. dextros...