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Advances in Diabetes and Metabolism(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 1(1), pp. 12 - 15
DOI: 10.13189/adm.2013.010103
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis in an Obese Adolescent Diabetic Patient with Acanthosis Nigricans and without Autoantibodies. Is It Type 1.5 Diabetes?
Abhijit Swami1,*, Giridhari Kar2, Bijush Difoesa3, S G Shyam Lakshman4
1 Associate Professor of Medicine, Silchar Medical College, Silchar Assam 788015, India
2 Professor of Medicine Silchar Medical College, Silchar Assam 788015, India
3 Assistant Professor of Medicine Silchar Medical College, Silchar Assam 788015, India
4 PG trainee Silchar Medical College, Silchar Assam 788015, India
ABSTRACT
Over the years, adolescents have been diagnosed to be diabetic, the type of which do not fit into the classical types of diabetes 鈥� type 1 and type 2. These cases have been reported round the globe. They share features of both types of diabetes like obesity, acanathosis nigricans along with insulin resistance and can even have complications like Diabetic ketoacidosis. The present case study is about a newly diagnosed obese adolescent diabetic patient with acanthosis nigricans presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis who responded to standard treatment of Diabetic ketoacidosis. Subsequently, he was found to have low levels of C-peptide without insulin autoantibodies. Such cases have been variously referred as Double diabetes or 1.5 diabetes in literature and may constitute a subvariant of Diabetes.
KEYWORDS
Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Acanthosis Nigricans, Type 1.5 Diabetes, Double Diabetes, Glutamate Acid Decarboxylase (GAD) Autoantibodies
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Abhijit Swami , Giridhari Kar , Bijush Difoesa , S G Shyam Lakshman , "Diabetic Ketoacidosis in an Obese Adolescent Diabetic Patient with Acanthosis Nigricans and without Autoantibodies. Is It Type 1.5 Diabetes?," Advances in Diabetes and Metabolism(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 12 - 15, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/adm.2013.010103.
(b). APA Format:
Abhijit Swami , Giridhari Kar , Bijush Difoesa , S G Shyam Lakshman (2013). Diabetic Ketoacidosis in an Obese Adolescent Diabetic Patient with Acanthosis Nigricans and without Autoantibodies. Is It Type 1.5 Diabetes?. Advances in Diabetes and Metabolism(CEASE PUBLICATION), 1(1), 12 - 15. DOI: 10.13189/adm.2013.010103.