Abstract

FLORES CRUZ, Gonzalo et al. "DOEGE - POTTER SYNDROME", SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR INTRATHORACIC HYPOGLYCEMIC WHEN AND AS THE DIAGNOSIS? AND WHAT IS MY FINAL BEHAVIOR?: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2019, vol.25, n.1, pp.48-57. ISSN 1726-8958.

"Doege - Potter" syndrome is a rare clinical entity with low incidence of difficult diagnosis, little-known around the world described in 1930, which consists of an intrathoracic tumor associated with symptomatic hypoglycemia. The aim of this article is to expose a case of "syndrome of Doege-Potter", diagnosed and treated in the Centre of specialties Clinical - surgical Jesús Obrero, in a 55-year-old male patient; after reviewing symptomatology, / topographic, semiological studies imaging, pathological, and the systematic review of the international literature became the final diagnosis. In addition, focuses not only etiological, historical knowledge and physiopathological, but standardized diagnostic means, which implies taking into account in this disease diagnosed once, to be able to address the most appropriate treatment according to the findings and the patient's condition; this being a way to bring in the epidemiological and case lifting of this rare variety and frequent short thoracic pathology worldwide.

Keywords : solitary fibrous tumor; hypoglycemia; Doege-Potter syndrome.

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