Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Bariatric surgery has been shown to decrease insulin requirements even before significant weight loss has occurred. We report a patient with marked improvement in glycemic control despite modest weight loss post bariatric surgery.Case presentation: A 47 years old Chinese man with obesity (weight 90 kg, BMI 31.2), hypertension, hyperlipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed in 2005 is on follow up with our endocrine clinic. Despite comp...