Hyperthyroidism in Juvenile Diabetes Mellitus
1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, and the Department of Child Health and Development, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Three cases of hyperthyroidism occurring in juvenile patients with diabetes mellitus are presented. The presence of hyperthyroidism should be suspected in patients with diabetes mellitus when goiters develop and when there is unexplained weight loss, tachycardia, tremors, unexplained increases in insulin requirement, or instability of the diabetes with a tendency toward development of ketosis and/or ketoacidosis.
Submitted on May 11, 1977Accepted on July 14, 1977




