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Table 1 Laboratory evaluation of current case

From: Hypoglycemia mediated by paraneoplastic production of Insulin like growth factor–2 from a malignant renal solitary fibrous tumor – clinical case and literature review

Test

Results

Reference range

Insulin (after overnight fast)

< 2 mU/L

0 – 20 mU/L

C-Peptide (after overnight fast)

< 0.1 ng/mL

0.9 – 6.9 ng/mL

Plasma glucose (after overnight fast)

35 mg/dL

60 – 99 mg/dL

ALT

19 U/L

0 – 70 U/L

AST

27 U/L

0 – 55 U/L

Alkaline Phosphatase

75 U/L

40 – 150 U/L

Total Bilirubin

Undetectable

0.0 – 0.3 mg/dL

Albumin

4.4 g/dL

3.3 – 4.9 g/dL

Total Protein

5.2 g/dL

6.8 – 8.8 g/dL

Hemoglobin A1c

4.9%

4.0 – 6.0%

α–Fetoprotein

5.5 ug/L

0 – 8 ug/L

IGF-I

< 0.1 ug/L

0 – 5 ug/L

TSH

1.45 mU/L

0.4 – 5.0 mU/L

Free T4

0.98 ng/dL

0.70 – 1.85 ng/dL

Plasma Norepinephrine

549 pg/mL

80 – 520 pg/mL

Plasma free Normetanephrine

0.65 mmol/L

< 0.9 mmol/L

Plasma Epinephrine

117 pg/mL

10 – 200 pg/mL

Plasma free Metanephrine

0.23 mmol/L

< 0.5 mmol/L

Cortisol

11 ug/dL

4 – 22 ug/dL

Adrenocorticophic Hormone

23 pg/mL

< 47 pg/mL

IGF-2 (at diagnosis)

2215 ng/mL

414 – 1248 ng/mL