Type B insulin resistance syndrome with diabetic ketoacidosis

Acta Diabetol. 2012 Feb;49(1):81-2. doi: 10.1007/s00592-011-0271-3. Epub 2011 Mar 9.

Abstract

Autoimmune syndromes characterized by either insulin receptor antibodies as a type B insulin resistance syndrome or insulin antibodies as an insulin autoimmune syndrome. We report here on a patient who had type B insulin resistance syndrome with insulin and insulin receptor antibodies and this all manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Autoimmune Diseases / blood
  • Autoimmune Diseases / classification
  • Autoimmune Diseases / complications*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis / blood
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis / complications*
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis / diagnosis*
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis / immunology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insulin Antibodies / blood
  • Insulin Resistance* / physiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Receptor, Insulin / immunology
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Insulin Antibodies
  • Receptor, Insulin