Ambigapathy Jayakumar, Sahoo Jayaprakash, Kamalanathan Sadishkumar
Department of Endocrinology, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India. Correspondence to: Dr Jayakumar Ambigapathy, Department of Endocrinology, JIPMER, Pondicherry 605 006, India.
Indian Pediatr. 2017 Jul 15;54(7):593-594. doi: 10.1007/s13312-017-1075-5.
Antibodies against exogenous insulin are common in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients. They can cause hypoglycemia, albeit uncommonly.
A 14-year-old girl with type 1 diabetes mellitus presented with recurrent hypoglycemia.
High insulin, low C-peptide and raised insulin antibody levels documented during hypoglycemia. Plasmapheresis led to remission of hypoglycemia.
Antibodies to exogenous insulin should be considered as a cause of recurrent refractory hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients.
1型糖尿病患者中,针对外源性胰岛素的抗体很常见。它们可导致低血糖,尽管这种情况并不常见。
一名14岁的1型糖尿病女孩出现反复低血糖。
低血糖发作时记录到胰岛素水平高、C肽水平低且胰岛素抗体水平升高。血浆置换使低血糖症状缓解。
对于1型糖尿病患者反复出现的难治性低血糖,应考虑外源性胰岛素抗体这一病因。