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A 73-year-old woman was admitted to our department for treatment of diabetes (plasma glucose 289 mg/dl, HbA(1C) 7.1%, and glycated albumin 34.9%). She displayed the signs and symptoms of glucagonoma syndrome, including necrolytic migratory erythema (NME), low aminoacidemia, and a marked increase of
Immunoreactive glucagon (IRG) fractions from plasma of 8 normal subjects and 4 patients with glucagon secreting tumors were studied by gel filtration techniques on Bio Gel P--30 and Sephadex G--50 columns. The pancreatic glucagon specific anti serum (30K) of Unger was utilized to measure IRG.
BACKGROUND
Necrolytic migratory erythema (NME) is an uncommon inflammatory dermatosis with a distinct clinical and histologic appearance. NME is usually associated with glucagonoma. Only a few cases of NME in the absence of glucagonoma have been previously reported.
OBJECTIVE
We sought to understand
A 68 year old Ecuadorian man was investigated for polyuria, polydipsia and weight loss of 3 kg during the previous two months. Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus was diagnosed 10 year before admission and treated with appropriate diet and insulin (35 U/d). 18 months before was diagnosed in El