Are you sure it is type 2 diabetes? — ASN Events

Are you sure it is type 2 diabetes? (#125)

Spiros Fourlanos 1
  1. Dept Diabetes & Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville

There are over forty forms of diabetes recognised which includes multiple less common causes of ‘secondary diabetes’. Increasing genetic and pathophysiological insights are shaping understanding of the aetiological roots to the clinic heterogeneity of diabetes in adults. Faced with the challenge of identifying the many diabetes types, clinicians will increasingly need to consider how to best recognise other causes of diabetes. This session will present cases for discussion highlighting the need to consider alternative forms of diabetes