Abstract
Among the blood diseases, what may be the indication for the corticosteroid-therapy were chosen.
1) The occurence of diabetes mellitus were 5 out of 9 patients in aplastic anemia, 1 out of 9 in acute leucemia, null out of 4 in the others, totally 6 out of 22.
2) Among the 6, 4 had received long-termed steroid-therapy by the time of the onset of diabetes mellitus, the remaining two (both were patients of aplastic anemia), however, had received none.
3) About the remaining two, the onset of diabetes mellitus was coincident with the onset of serum hepatitis following the blood transfusions.
4) All the 6 had received repeated blood transfusions, and moreover all revealed the disturbances of hepatic functions.
From the above observations, it was concluded that diabetes mellitus in patients of blood diseases, esp. of aplastic anemia might be manifested by not only the long-termed corticosteroid-therapy but more significantly the disturbances of hepatic functions. As the cause of the hepatic damage, the serum hepatitis following blood transfusions was emphasized.
