Presentación de casos clínicos RESUMENSe presenta un niño de 2 años internado con diagnóstico de debut diabético, con glucemia de 500 mg% al ingreso, sin cetosis ni acidosis metabólica. Presenta también vómitos biliosos y amarronados, con deposiciones sanguinolentas. Se opera con diagnóstico presuntivo de obstrucción intestinal aguda, hallándose vólvulo intestinal secundario a malrotación intestinal congénita. Luego de la cirugía normaliza la glucemia. Se asume el cuadro como hiperglucemia sin cetosis, de característica graves, por estrés, secundaria a vólvulo por malrotación intestinal. Esta asociación, aún no ha sido descripta. Palabras clave: hiperglucemia, hiperglucemia sin cetosis, malrotación intestinal, vólvulo. SUMMARYA 2-year-old boy was admitted with diagnosis of diabetes debut, with blood glucose of 500 mg% on admission, without ketosis or metabolic acidosis. He also presented bilious vomiting and brownish bloody stools. He was operated with a presumptive diagnosis of acute intestinal obstruction. The final diagnosis was volvulus, secondary to congenital malrotation. After surgery, he normalized blood sugar levels. The clinical setting was assumed as hyperglycemia without ketosis, with characteristic of severity caused by stress, secondary to volvulus in malrotation. This association has not yet been described.
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