July 2015

Corticotrophin deficiency in end-stage renal failure led to recurrent hypoglycemia: A case report

Reactive hypoglycemia caused by an insulinoma, pre-diabetic metabolic state, fluctuations in diabetic metabolic situation and antidiabetic medication is commonly known. We report on the case of an unusual multi-factorial occurrence of a woman with recurrent hypoglycemia, which cannot be explained adequately by a single commonly known cause. We refer to a cachectic non-diabetic 52-year-old German woman, admitted to our...

Author(s): Benjamin Wagner and Peter H. Kann