[Juvenile diabetic cheiroarthropathy].
A 16 years old male is described who was taken ill by diabetes mellitus at the age of 8, treated with insulin, 36 U daily, but with constant poor control of the diabetes. His soft tissues of hands and fingers got thickened in the course of the last several years, with restriction of articular movements and impossible full extent of active and passive extension. No clinical and laboratory data about inflammatory articular process were established. The necessity of a strict control of diabetes is stressed upon, both for the prophylaxis and treatment of juvenile diabetic cheiroarthropathy.
D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male
Iuvenilna diabetna keĭroatropatiia.