PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Aruna Goturu
AU  - Neemisha Jain
AU  - Ivor Lewis
TI  - Bilateral cataracts and insulin oedema in a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2012-008235
DP  - 2013 Feb 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr2012008235
VI  - 2013
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2012-008235.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2012-008235.full
AB  - We describe a teenage type 1 diabetic girl with painless pedal oedema and bilateral cataracts. She developed oedema after commencement of intensive insulin therapy and achievement of excellent glycaemic control. In addition, she was also found to have bilateral subcapsular cataracts. The oedema subsided spontaneously and she underwent surgical treatment for the cataracts. Insulin oedema is a rare complication of insulin therapy. To our knowledge, co-occurrence of these two complications in a young diabetic patient has not been described before in the English language medical literature.