SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN CHILDHOOD DUE TO UNSUSPECTED DIABETES-MELLITUS

Authors
ROZIN L PERPER JA JAFFE R DRASH A
Citation
L. Rozin et al., SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN CHILDHOOD DUE TO UNSUSPECTED DIABETES-MELLITUS, The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 15(3), 1994, pp. 251-256
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Pathology
Journal title
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01957910
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
251 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-7910(1994)15:3<251:SUDICD>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We report the case of an otherwise healthy 11-year-old girl who died s uddenly of previously undiagnosed diabetes mellitus type I, following a 2-day minor upper respiratory infection. Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is a rare cause of sudden death of apparently healthy children. This report demonstrates a recommended diagnostic pathway fo r IDDM from the substantiation of vesicular fatty liver to specific pa ncreatic histological and histochemical changes.