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Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
December 2024
Department of Clinical Medicine, Hospital Universitaírio Onofre Lopes (HUOL), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil.
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the case of a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on insulin therapy with a history of recurrent and severe hypoglycemia related to lipodystrophy with an uncommon clinical presentation. This was the case of a 67-year-old female with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for the exploration and management of severe and recurrent hypoglycemia. Her diabetes has been evolving since the age of 40 years and was complicated by minimal retinopathy.
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August 2024
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Science, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia.
Introduction: Lipodystrophy can cause poor glycemic control in addition to cosmetic problems in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. However, data on its prevalence and associated factors is scarce among children and adolescents who live in developing countries like Ethiopia.
Objective: To determine the prevalence and identify associated factors of lipodystrophy in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus who visited the endocrinology clinic of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital between May 1 and July 31, 2020.
Diabetes
August 2024
Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Partitioned polygenic scores (pPS) have been developed to capture pathophysiologic processes underlying type 2 diabetes (T2D). We investigated the association of T2D pPS with diabetes-related traits and T2D incidence in the Diabetes Prevention Program. We generated five T2D pPS (β-cell, proinsulin, liver/lipid, obesity, lipodystrophy) in 2,647 participants randomized to intensive lifestyle, metformin, or placebo arms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJCEM Case Rep
April 2024
Department of Endocrinology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai 600116, Tamilnadu, India.
We describe a case of an Asian-Indian female patient who presented to us with abnormal fat accumulations in the torso and upper arms following indiscriminate use of corticosteroid and anabolic steroids for about 7 years. Despite prolonged steroid use, the patient did not display cushingoid phenotype or metabolic decompensation. Bone density, echocardiography, and ultrasonogram of the liver were also normal with no evidence of excess pericardial fat, hepatic steatosis, or peliosis hepatis.
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