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Metabolic Disorders Flashcards

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Most valuable diagnostic tests with metabolic diseases?

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Serum amino acids and urine organic acids

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What is PKU?

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AR disorder, can’t convert phenylalanine to tyrosine (phenylalanine hydroxylase)

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Most common presentation of PKU?

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Infant with vomiting, irritability, eczematoid rash, and musty odor (also usually fair-haired and fair-skinned); profound intellectual disability if untreated

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Symptoms to suggest metabolic?

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Sudden onset lethargy, vomiting, apnea, irritability, seizures, afebrile

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Important features of organic acidemias (4)?

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1) Elevated ammonia (usually)
2) Anion gap acidosis
3) Drunken appearance
4) Ketonuria

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Examples of organic acidemias (4)?

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1) Methylmalonic acidemia
2) Propionic acidemia
3) Isovaleric acidemia
4) Biotinidase deficiency

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Diagnostic test of choice for organic acidemias?

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Urine organic acids

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Key feature and treatment of isovaleric acidemia?

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Odor of sweaty feet (and seizure); protein restriction

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Possible treatment for methylmalonic acidemia?

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Vitamin B12

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Presentation of FA metabolism defects?

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Metabolic acidosis, hypoglycemia, +/-hepatomegaly, with fasting (can’t metabolize FA for glucose or ketones)

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Diagnosis of FA metabolism defects?

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Plasma acylcarnitine profile

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Example of urea cycle defects?

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Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (most common, X-linked)

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Presentation of urea cycle defects?

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Hyperammonemia, NO acidosis or ketonuria, respiratory alkalosis, lethargy, hypotonia, vomiting, poor feeding

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Treatment of urea cycle defects?

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IV glucose, reducing protein, +/-arginine

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Diagnosis of urea cycle defects?

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Urine organic acids

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Presentation of galactosemia?

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After first meal of lactose–poor feeding failure to thrive, abdominal distension, hypoglycemia, GNR sepsis (E.coli), urine reducing substances (non glucose)

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Defect and diagnostic test in galactosemia?

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GALT (galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase)–G1P accumulates in kidney, liver, brain; diagnosis by measuring GALT activity in RBCs

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Treatment of galactosemia?

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Galactose-free diet (soy formula)

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Long-term complications of galactosemia?

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Cataracts (reversible with diet change), intellectual disability, liver disease

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Presentation of inherited fructose intolerance?

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Seizures just after a meal, child stays away from sweets; jaundice, hepatomegaly, vomiting, lethargy

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Treatment of inherited fructose intolerance?

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Avoidance of fructose

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Hepatomegaly + non-glucose reducing substances in urine =

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Galactosemia

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Presentation of maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)?

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Hypoglycemia, acidosis, increased tone, seizures, first week of life, maple syrup odor from urine

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Diagnosis of MSUD?

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Increased leucine, isoleucine, and valine in plasma and urine; +alloisoleucine

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Drug of choice in refractory hypoglycemia in infants?

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Diazoxide (not glucagon)

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Mnemonic for symptoms of biotinidase deficiency?

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BIO:
Bald (alopecia)
Itchy rash
Out cold (coma, ataxia, neurological signs)
(also lactic acidosis)
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Treatment of biotinidase deficiency?

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Biotin supplementations

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Most important tests for hypoglycemia in infants?

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Urine ketones and reducing substances

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Examples of amino acid metabolism defects (4)?

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1) Alcaptonuria
2) Homocystinuria
3) Tyrosinemia
4) PKU

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Presentation of alcaptonuria?

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Dark urine or diaper (homogentisic acid in urine); early arthritis and heart disease (as adults)

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Treatment of alcaptonuria?

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Diet low in tyrosine and phenylalanine (tyrosine not degraded well)

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Presentation of homocystinuria?

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Elevated methionine levels, dislocated lens (posterior), skeletal abnormalities (like Marfan), cognitive deficits, lighter skin/hair/eyes

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Difference between homocystinuria and Marfan?

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No cognitive deficits in Marfan

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Diagnosis of homocystinuria?

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Confirming homocysteine in the urine

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Treatment of homocystinuria?

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Pyridoxine (Vit. B6); may be resistant–use diet high in cystine and low in methionine

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Presentation of tyrosinemia?

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Corneal ulcerations, plaques, corneal clouding, skin thickening (all caused by tyrosine accumulation)

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Treatment of tyrosinemia?

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Diet low in tyrosine and phenylalanine

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Risks in PKU and pregnancy if not treated BEFORE conception?

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Miscarriage, SGA/LBW, microcephaly, CHD, intellectual disability

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Treatment for PKU?

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Low phenylalanine formula and diet

40
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Risk of over-treatment of PKU?

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Phenylalanine deficiency (lethargy, rash, +/-diarrhea)

41
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Examples of mucopolysaccharidoses or MPS (4)?

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1) Hurler’s syndrome (MPS Type I)
2) Hunter’s syndrome (MPS Type II)
3) Sanfilippo syndrome (MPS Type III)
4) Morquio syndrome (MPS Type IV)

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Common feature of MPS?

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Coarse facies

43
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Key points in Hurler’s?

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Hirsuitism, HSM, corneal clouding, low alpha-L-iduronidase in WBC, AR

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Key points in Hunter’s?

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HSM, joint contractures, pebbly skin, low iduronate sulfatase in WBC, NO corneal clouding, X-linked

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Key points in Sanfilippo?

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No HSM, +cognitive deficits, AR

46
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Key points in Morquio?

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Normal IQ, skeletal involvement, corneal clouding

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Presentation of von Gierke disease (GSD Type I)?

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Hypoglycemia, distended abdomen, hepatomegaly, poor growth, seizures (2/2 hypoglycemia), elevated TG and cholesterol, lactic acidosis (when fasting), hyperuricemia

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Treatment of von Gierke disease (GSD Type I)?

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Continuous tube feeds, uncooked cornstarch (releases glucose slowly), allopurinol (hyperuricemia)

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Presentation of Pompe disease (GSD Type II)?

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Hypotonia, FTT, hepatomegaly with macroglossia, cardiomegaly; NOT hypoglycemia and acidosis (actually a lysosomal storage defect)

50
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Presentation of nonketotic hyperglycinemia?

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Intractable neonatal seizures, in utero hiccups, acute encephalopathy, no acidosis, no hyperammonemia

51
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Inheritance of familial hypercholesterolemia?

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AD (defect in LDL receptor causing LDL deposition–e.g. tendon xanthomas)

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Presentation of Farber’s disease?

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Cherry red spot in macula, skin nodules, arthralgias (“Farmer’s disease”)

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Presentation of Wolman disease?

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FTT, hepatosplenomegaly, calcified and enlarged adrenal gland (defect in lipoprotein metabolism–TG and cholesterol deposited in body tissues)

54
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Peril with Wolman disease?

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Plasma TG and cholesterol levels are normal; only deposited in tissues abnormally

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Inheritance and presentation of Menkes disease?

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X-linked; premature delivery, temperature instability, hypotnoia, hypoglycemia, seizures, neurological deterioration

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Lab findings in Menkes disease?

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Low serum copper and ceruloplasmin (high in intestinal biopsies, but cannot be transported)

57
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Enzyme deficiency in Gaucher disease?

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Lysosomal glucocerebrosidase

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Presentation of Gaucher disease?

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Hepatosplenomegaly, bone pain (osteosclerosis and lytic lesions), and easy bruising (thrombocytopenia); also CNS deterioration in infantile form, none in juvenile form

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Enzyme deficiency and inheritance for Fabry disease?

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Lysosomal alpha-galactosidase; X-linked (only sphingolipidosis that is X-linked, rest are AR)

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Presentation of Fabry disease?

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Agniokeratomas, corneal opacities, vascular disease of kidney, heart, and CNS

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Treatment of Fabry disease?

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Enzyme replacement therapy

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Examples of sphingolipidoses (lysomal problems with breaking down sphingolipids)?

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1) Gaucher disease
2) Fabry disease
3) Niemann-Pick disease
4) Tay-Sachs disease

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Treatment of juvenile Gaucher disease?

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Enzyme replacement therapy

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Enzyme deficiency in Tay-Sachs disease?

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Hexosaminidase A

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Presentation of Tay-Sachs disease?

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Neurological deterioration late in the first year of life (axial hypotonia, extremity hypertonia, hyperreflexia, exaggerated startle reflex), macular cherry-red spots, seizures, macrocephaly

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Enzyme deficiency in Niemann-Pick disease?

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Acid sphinogmyelinase

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Presentation of Niemann-Pick disease?

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CNS deterioration (generally 3-5 years of age), macular cherry-red spot, HSM, cataplexy, narcolepsy

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Difference between Niemann-Pick and Tay-Sachs?

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Both have cherry red spots, but only Niemann-Pick has HSM

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What hematologic abnormalities can be seen with organic acidemias?

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Neutropenia and thrombocytopenia

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What hematologic abnormality can be seen with von Gierke disease (type 1b)?

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Neutropenia

71
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What lab abnormalities are seen with mitochondrial disorders?

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Elevated lactate and pyruvate (excess glycolosis)

72
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What enzyme deficiency may be responsible for treatment-resistant “PKU”?

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Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)

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