{"title":"A 17-year-old boy who presented with acute mononeuropathy was found to have Type 1 diabetes","authors":"Fatma Özgüç Çömlek, Y. Karal, Filiz Tütüncüler","doi":"10.1080/20469047.2022.2059879","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Diabetic neuropathy in children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus is rare and is usually subclinical and a complication of the late diabetes period. A 17-year-old boy admitted with a right foot drop of sudden onset was diagnosed with peroneal nerve palsy. He had had osmotic polyuria, polydipsia and weight loss for the past 2 months; his blood glucose was 25 mmol/L (<7.8), HbA1c 15.2% (4.0–5.6) and vitamin B12 125 pg/ml (180–914). The peroneal nerve palsy resolved within 3 months with blood glucose regulation and B12 supplementation. Diabetes should be borne in mind in the differential diagnosis of unusual cases of mononeuropathy. Abbreviations: DCCTS: Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Study; DM: diabetes mellitus; DN: diabetic neuropathy; GAD: glutamic acid decarboxylase; PN: peripheral neuropathy; T1DM: Type 1 diabetes mellitus.","PeriodicalId":19731,"journal":{"name":"Paediatrics and International Child Health","volume":"42 1","pages":"105 - 107"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Paediatrics and International Child Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20469047.2022.2059879","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Diabetic neuropathy in children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus is rare and is usually subclinical and a complication of the late diabetes period. A 17-year-old boy admitted with a right foot drop of sudden onset was diagnosed with peroneal nerve palsy. He had had osmotic polyuria, polydipsia and weight loss for the past 2 months; his blood glucose was 25 mmol/L (<7.8), HbA1c 15.2% (4.0–5.6) and vitamin B12 125 pg/ml (180–914). The peroneal nerve palsy resolved within 3 months with blood glucose regulation and B12 supplementation. Diabetes should be borne in mind in the differential diagnosis of unusual cases of mononeuropathy. Abbreviations: DCCTS: Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Study; DM: diabetes mellitus; DN: diabetic neuropathy; GAD: glutamic acid decarboxylase; PN: peripheral neuropathy; T1DM: Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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Paediatrics and International Child Health is an international forum for all aspects of paediatrics and child health in developing and low-income countries. The international, peer-reviewed papers cover a wide range of diseases in childhood and examine the social and cultural settings in which they occur. Although the main aim is to enable authors in developing and low-income countries to publish internationally, it also accepts relevant papers from industrialised countries. The journal is a key publication for all with an interest in paediatric health in low-resource settings.