[Pathogenesis and treatments of glucose intolerance with liver cirrhosis in men--lessons from the clinical cases of Fukuoka City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan].

: More than 30% of the end stage liver cirrhosis was complicated by the impared glucose tolerance, in some of which insulin supplements may be required to control the blood glucose level. However, there are many unsolved issues on the cause and cares of hyperglycemia in cirrhotic men. Here, we presented a case of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular caricnoma complicated by the severe glucose intolerance, and summarized our recent insulin therapy on the glucose intolerance of the decompensated liver cirrhosis in Fukuoka City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine.