Endocrine Abstracts

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare infection of the soft tissues with consequent necrosis of fascial planes and surrounding tissues. If misdiagnosed or not properly treated it can be fatal. It typically follows trauma and it have already been described after intramuscular or intravenous injection of insulin.The authors present a case of a 24-year-old man, with type 1 diabetes mellitus for more than ten years, admitted to the emergency room for diabetic keto...

Introduction: Successful whole pancreas transplantation is at the present the most effective treatment for type 1 diabetes but allograft dysfunction related with infection, vascular compromise or immunological causes are not uncommon. Usually, graft vascular thrombosis or haemorrhage, as well as infectious complications are responsible for early pancreas graft failure; late cases occur more frequently by immunological causes, either allograft rejection or recurrence of the &#1...