Palliative embolization of fibrosarcoma for control of tumor-induced hypoglycemia.

Abstract

A 77-year-old woman with prior long-standing insulin-dependent diabetes presented with malignant hypoglycemia secondary to insulin-like substances excreted from a large unresectable fibrosarcoma of the left thigh. Partial embolization of the tumor supply from the deep femoral artery was performed using 150-250 microns polyvinyl alcohol foam particles. After embolization, the patient's serum glucose levels reverted to normal and she could be discharged from the hospital.

• Authors: S J Lengle, S T Hecht, D P Link, R O'Donnell
• Journal: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol) 1995 Jul-Aug Vol. 18 Issue 4 Pg. 255-8 ISSN: 0174-1551 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8581908 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Insulin
• Polyvinyls
• ivalon sponge

Topics

• Aged
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 (complications)
• Embolization, Therapeutic
• Female
• Femoral Artery
• Fibrosarcoma (blood supply, metabolism, therapy)
• Humans
• Hypoglycemia (etiology, prevention & control)
• Insulin (metabolism)
• Insulin Secretion
• Muscle Neoplasms (blood supply, metabolism, therapy)
• Palliative Care
• Paraneoplastic Syndromes (etiology, prevention & control)
• Polyvinyls
• Thigh