Klinefelter's syndrome accompanied by diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus

Intern Med. 1992 Jul;31(7):917-21. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.917.

Abstract

The first case of Klinefelter's syndrome accompanied by diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus is reported. A 41-year-old man admitted for hyperosmolar diabetic coma with a past history of diabetes insipidus was diagnosed as having Klinefelter's syndrome by endocrinological examination and sex chromosome analysis. In this case, glucose tolerance test was normalized half a year later and blood glucose was well controlled with diet therapy alone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diabetes Insipidus / diagnostic imaging
  • Diabetes Insipidus / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Insipidus / etiology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Karyotyping
  • Klinefelter Syndrome / blood
  • Klinefelter Syndrome / complications*
  • Klinefelter Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Radiography