Paragonimus kellicotti Presenting With Hemoptysis and a Left Upper Lobe Mass.

A 46-year-old man presented to the thoracic surgery clinic with a 6-month history of cough and hemoptysis refractory to treatment. Examination of specimens from repeated biopsies was nondiagnostic, so the patient underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobe wedge resection. Pathologic examination revealed Paragonimus organisms, and the patient was prescribed praziquantel, with resolution of his symptoms.

Hypoglycemia with a large retroperitoneal mass - Case report.

Introduction: Retroperitoneal sarcomas have rarely been reported to secrete insulin-growth factor II (IGF-II) and produce an enigmatic hypoglycemia. IGF-II-secreting sarcomas represent an extremely rare subset of soft tissue tumors, and reports are limited to a handful of cases.

Presentation Of Case: The authors present the case of hypoglycemia due to an IGF-II-secreting retroperitoneal sarcoma that was successfully treated by complete surgical resection.