Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Spontaneous hypoglycaemia is very rarely related to non-islet cell tumours. Most of them are due to mesenchymal tumours including haemangiopericytoma (HAP). It has been reported that, in patients with NICTH who have inoperable tumours, high doses of glucocorticoid or recombinant human growth hormone may be effective in treating hypoglycaemia. We present, with relevant imaging, a rare case of metastatic HAP causing an increased level of insulin like growth factor ...