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Query: UMLS:C0011854 (
type 1 diabetes
)
20,749
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Diabetes mellitus and cystic fibrosis (CF) have been reported before in the literature, but they have never been reported in the same patient in the Middle East. We present the first reported case of
insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
(
IDDM
) and CF in 2 siblings of the same family. Both siblings were diagnosed early in life with
IDDM
, and their diabetes was well controlled on insulin. Cystic fibrosis was diagnosed in the first case one year after
IDDM
was diagnosed due to history of
chronic cough
and in the 2nd case by family screening. Both had severe failure to thrive, recurrent chest infections and gastro-esophageal reflux. With treatment both showed clinical improvement, but continued to have moderate lung disease radiologically and by pulmonary function test.
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PMID:Diabetes mellitus and cystic fibrosis in 2 Saudi siblings. 1251 10
