Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Due to Methylmalonic Acidemia and Homocystinuria in an Infant: A Case Report and Literature Review
Open Access
- 5 February 2021
- Vol. 8 (2), 112
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020112
Abstract
Methylmalonic acidemia and homocystinuria cobalamin C (cblC) type is the most common inborn error of the intracellular cobalamin metabolism, associated with multisystem involvement and high mortality rates, especially in the early-onset form of the disease. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a rare manifestation and needs to be distinguished from other causes of renal thrombotic microangiopathy. We describe a case of a 3-month-old infant, with failure to thrive, hypotonia and pallor, who developed HUS in the setting of cblC deficit, along with dilated cardiomyopathy, and presented delayed response to optic stimulation in visual evoked potentials, as well as enlarged bilateral subarachnoid spaces and delayed myelination in brain magnetic resonance imaging. Renal damage was reversed, while neurodevelopmental profile and eye contact improved after supplementation with parenteral hydroxycobalamin, oral folic acid, betaine and levocarnitine. Homozygous mutation of c.271dupA in the MMACHC gene was ultimately detected. In this report, we highlight the diagnostic challenges as well as the significance of early recognition and multidisciplinary management of this unusual condition. A brief review of published case reports of early-onset cblC deficit and related HUS is depicted, pointing out the initial clinical presentation, signs of renal damage and outcome, MMACHC gene type of mutations and accompanying extra-renal manifestations.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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