Fulminant Neonatal Liver Failure in MPV 17-Related Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome.

ABSTRACT: Mitochondrial depletion syndromes are well established causes of liver failure in infants. Hepatocerebral variant related to MPV17 gene defect is characterized by infantile onset of progressive liver failure, developmental delay, neurological manifestations, lactic acidosis, hypoglycemia, and mtDNA depletion in liver tissue. We report a hepatocerebral variant of mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome in a neonate who presented with septic shock picture, hypoglycemia, jaundice, hypotonia, and rotatory nystagmus. Family history was significant for consanguinity and a brother who died at the age of 4 months. Investigations showed mild liver function derangement contrasting with severe coagulopathy, hyperlactatemia, and generalized aminoaciduria. The brain MRI was normal. Next generation sequenc

SUBMITTER: Abduljalil R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10299873 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature