Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rises rapidly worldwide and most patients with T2DM are obese. All treatment algorithms advocate lifestyle modification and weight loss in combination with various therapeutic categories available for the treatment of T2DM, resulting in diet-antidiabetic drug combinations that are not always proper or safe for the patients.Case presentation: A 73-year-old Caucasian man presented to the emergency...