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ea0013p88 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2007

Hypoglycaemia secondary to leukamoid reaction

Elrishi MA , Bradley EJ , Lawrence IG

Introduction: Artifactual hypoglycaemia has been reported to occur in leukaemia, and also reported in polycythemia Vera, being caused by in vitro autoglycolysis due to an exaggerated consumption of glucose by white blood cells1. We report a case of recurrent hypoglycaemia found to be artifactual secondary to a leukamoid reaction.Case report: A 78-year-old lady with a poorly differentiated endometrial adenocarcinoma was referred to us with a hi...