TY - JOUR
T1 - Graves' Disease and Diabetes Mellitus
AU - Assin, M. Suttan
AU - Rukman, Jusuf
AU - Batubara, Jose R. L.
AU - S. P., Purnama Wati
PY - 2019/1/31
Y1 - 2019/1/31
N2 - Thyroid hormones play an important role in the metabolic propesses. Its disturbances will involve several organs, consequently. A 5 year old girl with Graves' diseases, after several weeks of treatment with propylthiouracil (PTV), developed thyrotoxicosis crisis and diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis; a condition which is usually fatal. Treatment toward the hyperthyroid state overcome the diabetic stage, eventually. This report is an example of an endocrinological interaction in a hyperthyroid patient. Therefore, the diabetogenic effect of hyperthyroxinemia should not be overlooked.
AB - Thyroid hormones play an important role in the metabolic propesses. Its disturbances will involve several organs, consequently. A 5 year old girl with Graves' diseases, after several weeks of treatment with propylthiouracil (PTV), developed thyrotoxicosis crisis and diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis; a condition which is usually fatal. Treatment toward the hyperthyroid state overcome the diabetic stage, eventually. This report is an example of an endocrinological interaction in a hyperthyroid patient. Therefore, the diabetogenic effect of hyperthyroxinemia should not be overlooked.
UR - https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/2125
U2 - 10.14238/pi32.11-12.1992
DO - 10.14238/pi32.11-12.1992
M3 - Article
SN - 0030-9311
VL - 32
SP - 327
EP - 331
JO - Paediatrica Indonesiana
JF - Paediatrica Indonesiana
IS - 11-12
ER -
