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lüll Non-islet cell tumour-induced hypoglycaemia: a review of the literature including two new cases de Groot JW; Rikhof B; van Doorn J; Bilo HJ; Alleman MA; Honkoop AH; van der Graaf WTEndocr Relat Cancer 2007[Dec]; 14 (4): 979-93This review focuses on the tumour types and symptoms associated with non-islet cell tumour-induced hypoglycaemia (NICTH) as well as the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of this rare paraneoplastic phenomenon. In addition, we report two illustrative cases of patients suffering from NICTH caused by a solid fibrous tumour and a haemangiopericytoma respectively. In the first case, NICTH resolved following complete resection of the tumour, but in the second case the patient needed long-term treatment aimed at controlling hypoglycaemia because of non-resectable metastases. Many tumour types have been associated with NICTH. The crucial event in the development of NICTH seems to be overexpression of the IGF-II gene by the tumour. NICTH is characterised by recurrent fasting hypoglycaemia and is associated with the secretion of incompletely processed precursors of IGF-II ('big'-IGF-II) by the tumour. This induces dramatic secondary changes in the circulating levels of insulin, GH, IGF-I and IGF-binding proteins, resulting in an insulin-like hypoglycaemic activity of 'big'-IGF-II.|Aged, 80 and over[MESH]|Blood Glucose/metabolism[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Hypoglycemia/*etiology[MESH]|Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/genetics[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Middle Aged[MESH]|Palliative Care[MESH]|Pancreatic Neoplasms/*complications/genetics/therapy[MESH]|RNA, Messenger/genetics[MESH] |