Fibrosarcoma of the lung with extrapulmonary manifestations
Publication Date
1995-07-01Author
McLigeyo SO, Mbui J, Kungu A, Amayo E, Ogendo SW
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A 50-year-old female presented with a five months history of recurrent attacks of dizziness, sweatiness, tremors and fainting with loss of consciousness. These were found to be due to hypoglycaemic episodes with blood sugars less than 1 mmol/l and were treated as such. A diagnosis of insulinoma was initially considered, but the patient turned out to have fibrosarcoma of the lung, a rare lung tumour. She also had finger and toe clubbing and features of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy.