We report the third case of renal hemangiopericytoma associated with spontaneous hypoglycemia. The clinical and pathological features suggest that excessive glucose storage by the tumor is an important factor in the pathogenesis of the hypoglycemia. Other possible mechanisms producing hypoglycemia associated with mesenchymal tumors are reviewed.
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