Type 1 diabetes mellitus in a 3 1/2 year-old girl with Turner's syndrome

J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Sep-Oct;15(8):1203-6. doi: 10.1515/jpem.2002.15.8.1203.

Abstract

Turner's syndrome is associated with autoimmune disorders. Autoimmune endocrinopathy in Turner's syndrome seems to be limited to autoimmune thyroiditis. A small number of patients with Turner's syndrome has also been associated with celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Type 1 diabetes mellitus in Turner's syndrome has been rarely reported. We present here the youngest patient with Turner's syndrome who developed type 1 diabetes mellitus. At the age of 3.5 years she was hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis. Anti-islet cell and anti-insulin antibodies were positive and C-peptide level was low. When she was investigated for recurrent urinary tract infections, horseshoe kidney was detected by ultrasonography. Karyotype analysis revealed 45,XO. She has been followed for 2 years with an insulin dose of 0.9 U/kg per day. The prevalence of type 1 diabetes mellitus associated with Turner's syndrome is still unknown.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Turner Syndrome / complications*

Substances

  • Autoantibodies