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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun 23;9(6):e04291.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4291. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Doege-Potter syndrome in a facial solitary fibrous tumor: Diagnose and clinical management discussion

Roser Fort-Culillas  1 , Rebeca Barahona San Millán  2 , Isabel Garcia-Fructuoso  1 , Angels Quera González  3 , Armand Grau Martín  4   5 , Montserrat Puigdemont Guinart  6 , Jordi Rubió-Casadevall  1   5   7 , Mònica Recasens Sala  2   5 , Rut Porta Balanyà  1   5   8
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Doege-Potter syndrome in a facial solitary fibrous tumor: Diagnose and clinical management discussion

Roser Fort-Culillas et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Doege-Potter syndrome is a rare hypoglycemic paraneoplastic disorder. This case describes that severe and symptomatic hypoglycemia can occasionally be due to a rare malignant neoplasm, and the differential diagnosis of malignancy should not be overlooked in this setting.

Keywords: Doege‐Potter syndrome; STAT6; big‐IGF2; hypoglycemia; paraneoplastic syndrome; solitary fibrous tumor.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Histology and immunohistochemistry of SFT. A, Facial biopsy: spindle tumor cells with fibroblastic appearance and uniform extension with a patternless architecture and branched vessels with thin walls. B, Liver biopsy: tumor of similar characteristics, but more cellular, with greater nuclear atypia and with evidence of mitotic figures (arrows). C, Internal control: The CD34 marker is negative in tumor cells and positive in vascular walls. D, STAT6 staining shows intense, diffuse, and a uniform nuclear expression in the spindle tumor cells. E‐F: CT images. E, Large expansive lesion in the right chewing area. F, Liver with multiple metastatic lesions. The two largest lesions, in segment III and segment VIII of 110 and 150 mm, respectively
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