Bilateral metabolic cataracts in 10-yr-old boy with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Classic symptoms of diabetes mellitus in childhood prompting parents to seek medical attention include polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia, weight loss and kussmal breathing. Cataracts with juvenile diabetes usually occur in patients with long-standing, poorly controlled diabetes (1, 2). We describe a child in whom the acute loss of vision secondary to lenticular opacities was the initial sign of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Patel
Chetanbabu M
CM
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. cmpatel@email.arizona.edu
Plummer-Smith
Laura
L
Ugrasbul
Figen
F
D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007328:Insulin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D061267:Insulin Aspart; D000069036:Insulin Glargine; D049528:Insulin, Long-Acting; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D049528:Insulin, Long-Acting; D000069036:Insulin Glargine; D061267:Insulin Aspart