Isolated Corticotrophin-deficiency Found through Alcohol-induced Hypoglycemic Coma
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Hormone and Metabolic Research
- Vol. 8 (04) , 274-278
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1093634
Abstract
A case of hypoglycemic coma after alcohol ingestion was observed in a chronic alcoholic. Upon close examination isolated corticotrophin-deficiency was found. It is suggested that ethanol-induced hypoglycemia may be consistent with dysfunction of mitochondria in hepatic cells and that there may be disorder of the hypothalamus in the chronic drinker.Keywords
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