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Necrosis of the ileum in a diabetic adolescent
S Chan-Cua1, K L Jones, F P Lynch
1Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center 92093-0609.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
A 17-year-old boy with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus developed ketoacidosis and transitory shock. After resolution of his metabolic imbalance, he developed an acute abdomen prompting exploratory surgery. A section of necrotic ileum was found and resected.