TY - JOUR
T1 - A Case of Young Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Undetected by Annual Screening with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy at Presentation
AU - Gotoh, Daisuke
AU - Iwase, Masanori
AU - Torichigai, Naoko
AU - Uchizono, Yuji
AU - Kawano, Yoichi
AU - Ishibashi, Tatsuro
AU - Iida, Mitsuo
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - A 23-year-old nurse admitted for acute-onset visual impairment had undergone annual health checkups including postprandial urine glucose testing but had never glucosuria detected. Her fundus occuli showed marked neovascularization and fluorescein leakage compatible with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, necessitating laser photocoagulation and vitrectomy. Her blood concentration of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was within normal ranges. Although the present case is considered rare, clinicians should be alert for possible advanced diabetic chronic complications in young patients with new-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus.
AB - A 23-year-old nurse admitted for acute-onset visual impairment had undergone annual health checkups including postprandial urine glucose testing but had never glucosuria detected. Her fundus occuli showed marked neovascularization and fluorescein leakage compatible with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, necessitating laser photocoagulation and vitrectomy. Her blood concentration of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was within normal ranges. Although the present case is considered rare, clinicians should be alert for possible advanced diabetic chronic complications in young patients with new-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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U2 - 10.11213/tonyobyo1958.45.659
DO - 10.11213/tonyobyo1958.45.659
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85024739797
SN - 0021-437X
VL - 45
SP - 659
EP - 663
JO - Journal of the Japan Diabetes Society
JF - Journal of the Japan Diabetes Society
IS - 9
ER -
