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The diabetic cataract: an unusual presentation in a young subject: case report.

Paolo PerroneA. M. ScarpittaD. Sinagra

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GlycosuriaBlood Glucosemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismEye diseaseHypercholesterolemiaCataract ExtractionKetone BodiesCataractEndocrinologyGlycosuriaDiabetes mellitusFemale patientInternal MedicinemedicineHumansHypertriglyceridemiaMetabolic derangementbusiness.industrymedicine.diseaseDiabetic cataractSurgeryDiabetes Mellitus Type 1FemalePresentation (obstetrics)medicine.symptomComplicationbusiness

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This case report concerns a 14-year-old female patient, whose insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus was displayed by one infrequent complication, the cataract. This is an unusual manifestation in a 14-year-old patient; indeed, there are many findings in experimental animals demonstrating the development of this complication by maintaining blood glucose levels above 12 mM. After surgical therapy, complete vision was recovered, but we think that an earlier diagnosis and therapy of metabolic derangement of diabetes may have avoided this complication.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1997-07-01Journal of diabetes and its complications
10.1016/s1056-8727(95)00116-6https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9201605