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Alstrom Hallgren syndrome is a rare ciliopathy first described in 1959. It is characterised by progressive cone-rod dystrophy leading to blindness, sensorineural hearing loss, childhood obesity and congestive heart failure. Its pathogenesis is related to development of insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. We report a case of a 20-year-old presenting with decompensated heart failure and had been blind since childhood who was eventually diagnosed as Alstrom syndrome based on clinical criteria.
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Agarwal, K., Gupta, A., Thakur, D. et al. Alstrom syndrome: insulin resistance in young with congestive heart failure. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries 39, 756–763 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-019-00738-x
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