A Case of Severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Child with Type 2 Diabetes.

Yu,  Jaesung; Jin,  Hyunju; Ko,  Joontae; Kang,  Hoseok

doi:2011.16.1.46

Ann Pediatr Endocrinol Metab > Volume 16(1); 2011 > Article

Case Report

Journal of Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology 2011;16(1): 46-50.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6065/jkspe.2011.16.1.46

A Case of Severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Child with Type 2 Diabetes.

Jaesung Yu, Hyunju Jin, Joontae Ko, Hoseok Kang

Department of Pediatrics, Sunlin Hospital, Pohang, Korea. hskang@rocketmail.com

Abstract

Ketosis-prone diabetes includes heterogeneous disease groups characterized by provoked or unprovoked ketoacidosis (ketosis), with a typical phenotype of autoimmune type 1 diabetes. As the incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes is universally increasing, the rate of type 2 diabetes in diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents is exptected to increase rapidly. The clinical presentation of atypical ketoacidosis with type 2 diabetes has been reported mostly in adults. We recently experienced a case of a 10-year-old obese girl with new-onset type 2 diabetes who initially presented with severe diabetic ketoacidosis, and introduce it with literature reviews.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, type 2;Ketosis