ACROMEGALY PRESENTING WITH DIABETIC-KETOACIDOSIS

Authors
KATZ JR EDWARDS R KHAN M CONWAY GS
Citation
Jr. Katz et al., ACROMEGALY PRESENTING WITH DIABETIC-KETOACIDOSIS, Postgraduate medical journal, 72(853), 1996, pp. 682-683
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
72
Issue
853
Year of publication
1996
Pages
682 - 683
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1996)72:853<682:APWD>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Diabetes in acromegaly is usually noninsulin dependent and is secondar y to insulin resistance caused by growth hormone excess. Diabetic keto acidosis is a result of relative insulin deficiency and is a rare feat ure of acromegaly. We describe a case of acromegaly presenting with di abetic ketoacidosis. We demonstrate that growth hormone excess can cau se diabetic ketoacidosis in the presence of relative, but not absolute insulin deficiency.