Key result
Insulin desensitization remains the only option for a patient failing diet and oral hypoglycemic agents.
Population
8-month-old previously healthy female infant presenting with sudden death due to mumps myocarditis
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May warrant insulin desensitization when diet and orals fail; case report leaves open generalizability and safety.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report provides the first evidence that mumps myocarditis can be a rare but fatal cause of sudden death in previously healthy infants.
Brown et al. (1980) conducted a case report in Fatal mumps myocarditis / Insulin resistance (n=1). Insulin desensitisation was evaluated. Desensitisation to insulin was considered as the only course for a patient if satisfactory control could not be achieved with diet and large doses of oral hypoglycaemic agents.
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