Siblings with carbamyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency

Acta Pathol Jpn. 1984 Jul;34(4):901-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1984.tb07621.x.

Abstract

This paper concerns with two autopsied cases of siblings who died from cerebral disturbances. In these patients hyperammonemia developed in the neonatal phase due to carbamyl phosphate synthetase I (CPS I) deficiency. The patient in Case 1 was admitted 2 days after birth because of oliguria and vomiting. Hyperammonemia developed and she died on the 43rd day. In Case 2 hyperammonemia developed from the 2nd day after birth and she expired on the 42nd day. In both cases the diagnosis of CPS I deficiency was established from autopsy findings of the liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / genetics
  • Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / pathology*
  • Ammonia / blood*
  • Brain / pathology
  • Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Ammonia) / deficiency*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Ligases / deficiency*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Pedigree

Substances

  • Ammonia
  • Ligases
  • Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Ammonia)