Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is the most common chronic disease in children, with type 1 diabetes accounting for 80% of diabetic patients under the age of 19 years. Though hyperglycemia in pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus commonly occurs due to poor adherence to insulin therapy, other etiologies should be considered when hyperglycemia is refractory and additional systemic signs and symptoms are present. We discuss a case of a female patient presenting with signs an...