Deliberate sulphonylurea poisoning mimicking hyperinsulinaemia of infancy

L Owen; Julian P Hamilton-Shield; Matthew E Ellis

Deliberate sulphonylurea poisoning mimicking hyperinsulinaemia of infancy

L Owen, Julian P Hamilton-Shield, Matthew E Ellis

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Abstract

A 6 month old child presenting with seizures was found to be hypoglycaemic secondary to hyperinsulinism. A family history of type II diabetes promoted estimation of sulphonylurea in the baby's blood, which was found to be high. A multidisciplinary case conference concluded that the sulphonylurea ingestion was likely to be the result of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. When investigating hypoglycaemia of infancy this possibility should be considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	392-393
Number of pages	2
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood
Volume	82
Issue number	5
Publication status	Published - May 2000

Keywords

Munchausen syndrome by proxy
diabetes
sulphonylurea
SULFONYLUREA

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Deliberate sulphonylurea poisoning mimicking hyperinsulinaemia of infancy

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