Low Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase Cholestasis in a Patient With X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy and Crohn's Disease

ACG Case Rep J. 2024 Jan 22;11(1):e01240. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001240. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Abstract

X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is a neuromuscular disorder manifesting at birth with hypotonia and respiratory distress. We describe the XLMTM case presenting at birth who developed normal gamma-glutamyl transferase cholestasis at 1 year of age. He was also diagnosed with Crohn's disease 4 years later. His cholestasis could be attributed to progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) or primary sclerosing cholangitis in the setting of Crohn's disease. However, genetic testing ruled-out PFIC, and his radiographic and liver biopsy findings were not suggestive of primary sclerosing cholangitis. We believe that this cholestasis is related to XLMTM leading to a PFIC-like state.

Keywords: Crohn's disease; X-linked myotubular myopathy; cholestasis; primary sclerosing cholangitis; progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.

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