H syndrome: Infantile onset diabetes as presentation of this rare auto-inflammatory syndrome

Abstract

H syndrome is a very rare auto inflammatory syndrome which is characterized by a constellation of symptoms mostly beginning with the letter H. Hypertrichosis, Hyperpigmentation, Hyperlipidemia, Hyperglycemia, Hypogonadism, Hepatomegaly, Hearing loss, Heart anomalies and short Height.Here we report a 14 years old boy with the diagnosis of H syndrome who was being treated for diabetes since he was 2 years old.

Keywords

• H syndrome
• Infantile diabetes
• Hypertrichosis
• Hyperpigmentation