[Rare causes of hypoglycemia in adults--glycogen storage diseases].

Metabolic diseases such as glycogen storage diseases, disorders of gluconeogenesis and fatty acid oxidation disorders belong to rare causes of hypoglycemia. Most of them are diagnosed in a childhood, but they can be also revealed in an adulthood. This paper discusses clinical and laboratory signs of glycogen storage diseases leading to hypoglycemia. It also presents cases of patients with such disorders diagnosed in adulthood and described in the literature.