Abhijeet Vilas Botre, Vishakha Kashyap, Tushar Parikh
Keywords
Type 1 DM • DKA • Hemi-chorea
Abstract
Background Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is one of the most common endocrine diseases in children. Majority of them present with metabolic crises in the form of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis. Various levels of encephalopathy and seizures are the well-known manifestation of DKA.
Case presentation We are reporting an 8-year-old girl who presented with hemi-chorea with DKA as a manifestation of type 1 DM which is extremely rare in literature in Asian subcontinents and has been encountered at such a young age for the first time in India.
Conclusion T1DM with metabolic crises should always be one of the important differentials of hemi-chorea in children.
