The Oncological Emergency Case: Paraneoplastic Hypoglycemia in Metastatic Breast Cancer - Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature

Background: Paraneoplastic hypoglycemia is a rare syndrome
amoungtumorous diseases. It is often associated with a
paraneoplasticsecretion of ‘big’ insulin-like growth factor-II.
Methods: We describethis syndrome in a 60-year-old patient with
advanced breast cancer 8years after primary diagnosis. Results and
Conclusion: This non-isletcell tumor-induced hypoglycemia may be
the only evidence for anotherwise clinically occult disease
progression. Fast diagnosis andappropriate acute and causal
treatment concepts should be part ofoncological management.