Neonatal diabetes mellitus due to pancreas agenesis: a new case report and review of the literature.
Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) is a rare condition (1:400,000 neonates) defined as hyperglycemia occurring in the first months of life, lasting more than 2 wk and requiring insulin for management. We here report on a 33-month-old girl with pancreatic agenesis, an extremely rare cause of permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM). Timely diagnosis and adequate treatment of both endocrine and exocrine insufficiency may permit survival and normal development.
Barbarini
Daniela Seick
DS
Department of Pediatrics, Academic Teaching Hospital, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, A-6800 Feldkirch, Voralberg, Austria. daniela.seick-barbarini@lkhf.at
Haslinger
Vera
V
Schmidt
Katerina
K
Patch
Ann-Marie
AM
Müller
Guido
G
Simma
Burkhard
B
D002585:Cesarean Section; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D061389:Insulin, Regular, Pork; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D061389:Insulin, Regular, Pork; C000006:insulin, neutral