Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction/Aim: MIDD (maternally inherited diabetes and deafness) and MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes) are rare, maternally inherited, multisystem disorders caused by mitochondrial DNA mutations. We present the case of a patient with mitochondrial diabetes and discuss the diagnostic challenges.Case presentation: A 25-year-old female patient with a 7-year history of diabetes mellitus (DM) and suboptimal glyc...