Diabetic ketoacidosis as first presentation of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults in a patient with hashitoxicosis as first presentation of Hashimoto's thyroiditis: a case report.

The prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in patients with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults ranges from 20% to 30%. This correlation can be attributed to genetic involvement as well as disorders of immune tolerance to autoantigens. Hence, this report gives prominence to the holistic approach and consideration of comorbidities in patients with diabetes mellitus.