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==Gastrointestinal pathology==
==Gastrointestinal pathology==
*[[Microscopic colitis]] - generally assoc. with autoimmune disorders.
*[[Microscopic colitis]] - generally assoc. with autoimmune disorders.
*[[Pancreas|Pancreatic]] [[amyloid]] deposition.<ref>URL: [http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/amyloidosis-000007.htm http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/amyloidosis-000007.htm]. Accessed on: 23 October 2010.</ref>
*[[Pancreas|Pancreatic]] [[amyloid]] deposition - in DM type 2.<ref>URL: [http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/amyloidosis-000007.htm http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/amyloidosis-000007.htm]. Accessed on: 23 October 2010.</ref>
*Centrilobular [[macrovescicular steatosis]] of the [[liver]].
*Centrilobular [[macrovescicular steatosis]] of the [[liver]].



Revision as of 14:39, 20 November 2011

Diabetes mellitus, often (less precisely) just diabetes, is a common affliction that is increasing the expanding waistlines. It is commonly abbreviated DM.

General

  • Major cardiovascular risk factor.
  • Many subtypes.
    • Most common type 2, which is strongly assoc. with obesity.

Diagnosis

Based on biochemistry, specifically:

  • Fasting blood glucose >=7.0 mmol/L.
  • Two-hour glucose tolerance test >=11.1 mmol/L.

Classic complications

Family medicine - mnemonic HELP:

  • H - HbA1c, HTn.
  • E - eye.
  • L - lipids.
  • P - podiatry, proteinuria, Pneumococcus vaccine.

Emergency room presentations

Subspecialty specific findings

Dermatopathology

Other:

Gastrointestinal pathology

Breast pathology

Genitourinary pathology

Placental pathology

Cardiovascular pathology

Neuropathology

  • Idiopathic inflammatory myositis.[4]

References

  1. URL: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/amyloidosis-000007.htm. Accessed on: 23 October 2010.
  2. Amer HZ, Heller DS (2010). "Chorangioma and related vascular lesions of the placenta--a review". Fetal Pediatr Pathol 29 (4): 199–206. doi:10.3109/15513815.2010.487009. PMID 20594143.
  3. Lilja M (July 1994). "Infants with single umbilical artery studied in a national registry. 3: A case control study of risk factors". Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 8 (3): 325–33. PMID 7997408.
  4. Limaye VS, Lester S, Blumbergs P, Roberts-Thomson PJ (May 2010). "Idiopathic inflammatory myositis is associated with a high incidence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus". Int J Rheum Dis 13 (2): 132–7. doi:10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01470.x. PMID 20536597.