Discovery of diabetes in the elderly: what diagnosis?
Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 to 10% of all diabetes cases. It appears most often during childhood or adolescence. We report the case of a hypertensive overweight patient of 79 years who consulted for asthenia in context of polyuria-polydipsia syndrome in which blood glucose assay revealed a diabetes mellitus associated with ketosis. Despite the age, the body mass index and the history of the patient, type 1 diabetes diagnosis should be considered in this clinical presentation with brutal and symptomatic early. The imagery excluding a pancreatic tumor and positive research of circulating autoantibodies will confirm the diagnosis.
['Lévy|Pacifique|P|', 'Pacot|Laurence|L|', 'Bastard|Jean-Philippe|JP|', 'Vatier|Camille|C|']
D000367:Age Factors D000368:Aged D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 D003937:Diagnosis, Differential D005260:Female D006801:Humans D006943:Hyperglycemia D000067562:Late Onset Disorders D059606:Polydipsia D011141:Polyuria D015431:Weight Loss
elderly type 1 diabetes ketosis glycaemia