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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2014; 06(04): 189-192
DOI: 10.4103/1947-489X.210383
Case Report

Type 1 diabetes presenting after bariatric surgery: A medical paradox leading to a delayed diagnosis and diabetic ketoacidosis

Khadija Hafidh
Department of Medicine, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Saira Abbas
Department of Medicine, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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The relationship between type 2 diabetes and obesity is well established;however obesity at onset of type 1 diabetes is fairly uncommon. We present a19 year old man who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after considerable weight loss following bariatric surgery. This unexpected medical paradox may have led to the delayed recognition of the type of diabetes resulting in decompensation into diabetic ketoacoidosis.

Key-words:

DKA - Type 1 diabetes - Diagnosis of Diabetes - Bariatric surgery - Pre-diabetes - Obesity - Autoimmune


Publication History

Received: 24 January 2014

Accepted: 10 February 2014

Article published online:
07 July 2022

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