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D-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria With Cerebral, Vascular, and Muscular Abnormalities in a 14-Year-Old Boy

Department of Women's and Children's Health Section for Pediatrics, orvar.eeg-olofsson{at}pediatrik.uu.se

Wei Wei Zhang, MD, PhD

Department of Genetics and Pathology Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden

Yngve Olsson, MD, PhD

Department of Genetics and Pathology Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden

Sten Jagell, MD, PhD

Department of Pediatrics County Hospital Gävle, Sweden

Lars Hagenfeldt, MD, PhD

Center for Inherited Metabolic Disorders Karolinska Institute Huddinge University Hospital Sweden

D-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria is a rare metabolic disorder that can cause injury to the brain and other organs. This case report concerns a 14-year-old boy showing irritability and typical signs of pyloric stenosis early postnatally. From the age of 3 months he had epilepsy. He was mentally retarded, hypotonic with preserved reflexes, and dystonic. The features were dysmorphic with elongated head and high arched palate. Cardiomegaly with aortic insufficiency was diagnosed. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed atrophy, reduced periventricular white matter, and multiple bilateral aneurysms of the middle cerebral arteries. The boy died at the age of 14 years. Autopsy confirmed the white-matter reduction of the cerebral hemispheres as well as the arterial aneurysms of the middle cerebral arteries. Lesions of a few leptomeningeal and cerebral microvessels and of the renal and pulmonary arteries were also found. There were bilateral infarcts of the kidneys and signs of cardiomyopathy with noncompensated left ventricular failure. Signs of myopathy were evident. The clinical and postmortem findings imply a disseminated mesenchymal process. (J Child Neurol 2000;15:488-492).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 15, No. 7, 488-492 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/088307380001500714


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