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  • Title: A patient with congenital hyperlactataemia and Leigh syndrome: an uncommon mitochondrial variant.
    Author: Ching CK, Mak CM, Au KM, Chan KY, Yuen YP, Yau EK, Ma LC, Chow HL, Chan AY.
    Journal: Hong Kong Med J; 2013 Aug; 19(4):357-61. PubMed ID: 23918514.
    Abstract:
    We report an uncommon mitochondrial variant in a baby girl with congenital hyperlactataemia and Leigh syndrome. The patient presented with a single episode of generalised clonic convulsion at day 19, and was found to have isolated and persistent hyperlactataemia ranging from 3.34 to 9.26 mmol/L. She had elevated serum lactate-to-pyruvate ratios of up to 35 and high plasma alanine concentration, indicative of a respiratory chain defect. At the age of 8 months, she developed evolving neurological and imaging features compatible with Leigh syndrome. Genetic testing for common mitochondrial DNA mutations, large mitochondrial DNA deletions, and selected nuclear genes was negative. Further analysis of lymphocyte mitochondrial DNA by sequencing revealed an uncommon heteroplasmic variant, NC_012920.1(MT-ND5):m.13094T>C (p.Val253Ala), which was previously shown to reduce complex I activity. In patients in whom there was a high suspicion of mitochondrial disorder, entire mitochondrial DNA analysis may be warranted if initial screening of common mitochondrial DNA mutations is negative.
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