1. Department of Pediatrics, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, NITTE University, Derlakatte, Mangalore, 575018, Karnataka, India
ISSN:0974-0422
文摘
The presentation of long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders (FAOD), unlike short and medium-chain disorders can be with secondary defects in mitochondrial function along with typical features of FAOD. We report an infant with Reye-like presentation and acylcarnitine profile suggestive of very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency who had lactic acidosis and urine gas chromatographic pattern of mitochondrial defects.