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ea0011p85 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006

Langerhans cell histiocytosis: management dilemma for the adult endocrinologist!

Ibrahim IM , Lim E-L , Razvi S , Pearce SHS , Leach N , Quinton R , Mitra D , Wilsdon J , Baborie A , Johnson S , Burt AD , Wood K , Jones G , Windebank K , Pritchard J , Record CO , Bennett SMM

Clinical case: 24-year-old student nurse referred to the liver unit with a 6-month history of pyrexia, cognitive dysfunction and abnormal liver function tests. ERCP was normal; CT scan suggested multiple liver deposits; histology showed both fatty infiltration and focal cholangitis. Medical history included type 1 diabetes since age 7yrs; an unusual skin rash that spontaneously remitted 4 years previously; recurrent vulval ulceration, variously ascribed to candida and/or excor...

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ea0073aep320 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2021

Bruns–garland syndrome as the first presentation of type 2 diabetes – a report of two cases from Sri Lanka

Wijewickrama Piyumi , Ambawatte Sathyajith , Gunarathne Kamal , Somasundaram Noel P

IntroductionDiabetes mellitus (DM) is a global health issue. Sri Lanka has the second highest diabetes prevalence at 2079 years in South-East-Asia (1). Diabetic-radiculoplexus-neuropathy is a rare entity causing significant disability, also known as diabetic amyotrophy and Bruns-Garland syndrome, occurring due to immune mediated microvasculitis (2). Although Diabetic-lumbo-sacral-radiculoplexes-neuropathy (DLRPN) is well described, Diabetic-cervica...

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Langerhans cell histiocytosis: management dilemma for the adult endocrinologist!

Bruns–garland syndrome as the first presentation of type 2 diabetes – a report of two cases from Sri Lanka

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