Monoballism associated with newly onset ketotic hyperglycemia.

Movement disorders as the initial symptoms of diabetes mellitus are rare. Here, we describe one of these rare manifestations of primary diabetes: a case of newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus in an old-age female patient with transient monoballismus during an episode of ketotic hyperglycemia.

Evaluation of transient hyperglycemia in non-diabetic patients with febrile neutropenia.

Background: We aimed to examine the effect of transient hyperglycemia in non-diabetic patients with febrile neutropenia.

Methods: A total of 86 patients with febrile neutropenia were evaluated between June 2006 and December 2009. After measuring random blood glucose level at admission, cases with stress hyperglycemia were included in the study.