Diabetic retinopathy in patients who do not meet the diagnostic criteria for cystic fibrosis related diabetes

We report three patients with CF who were known to have abnormal glucose tolerance but did not meet the diagnostic criteria for CFRD. As the patients were commenced on insulin they were referred for annual diabetic complication screening and all were diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy. As these patients developed complications without being diagnosed with the causative disease, it questions the current diagnostic criteria for CFRD. This patient group also disproves the hypothesis that CFRD patients without fasting hyperglycaemia do not develop microvascular complications and suggests that, in some patients, such complications may develop earlier than previously thought. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons.
Source: Practical Diabetes - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: Case report Source Type: research