TY - JOUR T1 - Hypoglycaemia and pleural tumours JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 655 LP - 655 DO - 10.1183/09031936.06.00129005 VL - 27 IS - 3 AU - C. S. H. Ng AU - C. Y. H. Wong AU - T. W. Lee AU - A. P. C. Yim Y1 - 2006/03/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/27/3/655.abstract N2 - To the Editors: We read with interest the article by Metintas et al. 1 on nonmalignant pleural lesions and their association with asbestos exposure. It is worth noting that another form of pleural-based tumour, solitary fibrous tumour, remains a distinct entity and interestingly has not been linked to asbestos exposure 2, 3. Asbestos usually causes more diffuse forms of pleural lesions 4. Solitary fibrous tumours are rare tumours with a 12–13% rate … ER -