Acute hemiparesis in a boy with type 1 diabetes.
Unlike the case in adult-onset diabetes, neurologic complications in children with type 1 diabetes are uncommon. We report a case of a 14-year-old boy with type 1 diabetes who presented at our emergency unit with acute hemiparesis and intense headache without hypoglycaemia. Two hours after onset, the symptoms had subsided. It is the intention of the authors to increase the awareness of this association, whose prognosis is almost invariably good.
Fernández-Mayoralas
Daniel Martín
DM
Servicio de Neuropediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, Martín Lagos s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. dmfmayor@hotmail.com
Muñoz-Jareño
Nuria
N
Manzano-Palomo
María Sagrario
MS
Campos-Castelló
Jaime
J
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*