Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus
- 1Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan
- 2Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- 3Department of Pathology, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan
- Correspondence to Dr Ryota Inokuchi, inokuchir-icu{at}h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
We present a fatal case of fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus that was initially diagnosed as upper respiratory tract infection based on pharyngeal redness at a clinic. However, the patient then went into cardiopulmonary arrest, and was transferred to our hospital for treatment. Testing revealed very high levels of blood glucose (86.9 mmol/l), urinary glucose (2+) and ketones (4+). His glycosylated haemoglobin level was almost normal (6.2%; normal <6.2%). Autopsy revealed marked depletion and atrophy of the islets of Langerhans.
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