Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages e47-e49, December 2010

Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus with rhabdomyolysis: Have we overlooked the situation?

  • Zhimin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, #58, Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, PR China
    • ,
  • Lijuan Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
    • ,
  • Fengzhen Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, The Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital of Gaoming County, Foshan, Guangdong, PR China
    • ,
  • Wanping Deng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, #58, Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, PR China
    • ,
  • Yanbing Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, #58, Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 20 87334331; fax: +86 20 87334331.

Received 2 February 2010; received in revised form 14 July 2010; accepted 26 July 2010. published online 30 August 2010.

Abstract 

Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus (FT1DM) is characterized as remarkably abrupt onset and severe metabolic disorder. Prominent derangement of serum electrolytes was frequently observed, which could be associated with rhabdomyolysis. But the issue was not touched upon in most of the articles concerning FT1DM. Herein, we reported 2 cases. Since the clinical features of rhabdomyolysis vary, and creatine kinase levels are not routinely tested in young patients, the situation of rhabdomyolysis associated with FT1DM may be overlooked.

Keywords: Fulminant type 1 diabetes, Diabetic ketoacidosis, Rhabdomyolysis

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PII: S0168-8227(10)00387-6

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2010.07.010

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages e47-e49, December 2010

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