Acromegaly Presenting as Diabetic Ketoacidosis
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Acromegaly presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis.
Diabetes in acromegaly is usually non-insulin dependent and is secondary to insulin resistance caused by growth hormone excess. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a result of relative insulin deficiency and is a rare feature of acromegaly. We describe a case of acromegaly presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis. We demonstrate that growth hormone excess can cause diabetic ketoacidosis in the presence of re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kansas Journal of Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1948-2035
DOI: 10.17161/kjm.v7i1.11478