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SUBMITTER: Tohi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6562295 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tohi Yoichiro Y Fujimoto Kanta K Suzuki Ryosuke R Suzuki Issei I Kubota Masashi M Kawakita Mutsushi M
Urology case reports 20190215
A case of fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus secondary to administration of pembrolizumab in a patient with urothelial carcinoma is presented. Eight days after the third infusion of pembrolizumab, the patient presented with complaints of malaise and anorexia. The patient's laboratory data showed a blood glucose level of 1092mg/dl with ketonuria and negative for glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody. As leaving ketoacidosis by insulin therapy, pembrolizumab therapy was continued without delay. Aft ...[more]