Cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus
Ocular complications of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) are extremely rare in paediatric age group. Transient cataracts have been reported in adolescents with IDDM only in association with severe ketoacidosis and have shown marked improvement after achieving a good metabolic control.We re...
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1998
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| author | Daud, Aamir Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar Ahmed, Jamil |
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| description | Ocular complications of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) are extremely rare in paediatric age group. Transient cataracts have been reported in adolescents with IDDM only in association with severe ketoacidosis and have shown marked improvement after achieving a good metabolic control.We report a case of a 12 year old diabetic girl who presented with bilateral mature cataract formation. Her hyperglycemia was adequately controlled but she was still having the cataracts at three month follow up. Finally, the cataracts were removed surgically and her vision was fully restored. |
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| spelling | iium-286922013-02-13T09:17:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28692/ Cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus Daud, Aamir Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar Ahmed, Jamil RJ Pediatrics Ocular complications of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) are extremely rare in paediatric age group. Transient cataracts have been reported in adolescents with IDDM only in association with severe ketoacidosis and have shown marked improvement after achieving a good metabolic control.We report a case of a 12 year old diabetic girl who presented with bilateral mature cataract formation. Her hyperglycemia was adequately controlled but she was still having the cataracts at three month follow up. Finally, the cataracts were removed surgically and her vision was fully restored. Maternity and Child Welfare Association of Pakistan 1998 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28692/1/Mother_%26_Child.pdf Daud, Aamir and Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar and Ahmed, Jamil (1998) Cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus. Mother and child, 36 (3). pp. 113-115. ISSN 0379-2617 |
| spellingShingle | RJ Pediatrics Daud, Aamir Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar Ahmed, Jamil Cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus |
| title | Cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus |
| title_full | Cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus |
| title_fullStr | Cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus |
| title_short | Cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus |
| title_sort | cataract : an unusual paediatric complication of diabetes mellitus |
| topic | RJ Pediatrics |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/28692/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28692/1/Mother_%26_Child.pdf |