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Peer-reviewed International journal
May, 2020

Big Insulin-like Growth Factor 2-Producing Tumor in a Hypoglycemic Dog.

Veterinary pathology
  • Syunya Noguchi
  • Yoshiaki Kubo
  • Mami Araki
  • Miki Koh
  • Yuji Hamamoto
  • Kyoichi Tamura
  • Hirotada Otsuka
  • Akiko Yasuda
  • Daigo Azakami
  • Masaki Michishita
  • Satoshi Soeta
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Volume
57
Number
3
First page
432
Last page
436
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1177/0300985820906897

A 10-year-old female Papillon dog that had previously developed a mammary tumor was admitted for treatment of a hypoglycemic attack. Blood examination showed severe hypoglycemia and decreased blood insulin concentration. Computed tomography indicated multiple tumors in the cranial and caudal lobes of the right lung. These tumors were resected surgically and diagnosed as pulmonary adenocarcinomas by histopathologic examination. Hypoglycemia was temporarily improved after the resection, but a hypoglycemic event occurred 2 months after the surgery. Immunohistochemistry of the tumor demonstrated the expression of insulin-like growth factor 2 in tumor cells. Western blot analysis revealed the expression of high-molecular-weight (big)-insulin-like growth factor 2 in the tumor region. Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA expression was also confirmed in the tumor using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. These findings indicate the diagnosis of non-islet cell tumor-induced hypoglycemia caused by big-insulin-like growth factor 2 produced by the tumor in the dog. This report provides information on differentiating tumors that cause paraneoplastic hypoglycemia.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0300985820906897
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32148182
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  • DOI : 10.1177/0300985820906897
  • Pubmed ID : 32148182

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