A 55-year-old woman presented with a recent diabetes mellitus associated with pancreatic and renal malformations. This atypical diabetes raised the possibility of maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) and a genetic research was performed. These malformations led to MODY5 diagnosis that was confirmed by the presence of HNF1beta gene mutation.
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