Management of Severe Hypoglycemia at the End of Life in Non-Diabetic Patients: A Case Study and Recommendations

Abstract

We present a case of a patient with metastatic synovial cell sarcoma of the lung with paraneoplastic production of insulin like growth factor (ILG-F) whose main symptom was generalized weakness due to severe hypoglycemia, and we also provide a brief discussion of the management of hypoglycemia at the end of life.