Citation

Owen L, Ellis M, Shield J. Arch. Dis. Child. 2000; 82(5): 392-393.

Affiliation

Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10799433

PMCID

PMC1718313

Abstract

A 6 month old child presenting with seizures was found to be hypoglycaemic secondary to hyperinsulinism. A family history of type II diabetes prompted 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.

Language: en