A young female case of acromegaly presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis

Authors

  • R Maskey Department of Internal medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
  • DR Shakya Department of Psychiatry, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
  • D Peeyush Department of Internal medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
  • P Lavaju Department of Ophthalmology, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
  • P Karki Department of Internal medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/stcj.v1i1.8662

Keywords:

Acromegaly, diabetic ketoacidosis, pituitary macroadenoma

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is reported to be common in cases with acromegaly. However, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is rarely reported in this disease. Here is a 17 year old female case with acromegaly who presented to our hospital with the first presentation was DKA.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/stcj.v1i1.8662

Sunsari Technical College Journal Vol.1(1) 2012 57-60

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Published

2013-09-17

How to Cite

Maskey, R., Shakya, D., Peeyush, D., Lavaju, P., & Karki, P. (2013). A young female case of acromegaly presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis. Sunsari Technical College Journal, 1(1), 57–60. https://doi.org/10.3126/stcj.v1i1.8662

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Case Reports