Transient elevation of sweat chloride concentration in a malnourished girl with the Mauriac syndrome

J Pediatr. 1995 Feb;126(2):261-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(95)70556-2.

Abstract

Elevated sweat chloride concentration in a patient with Mauriac syndrome has been reported only once. The authors of that report regarded their patient's underlying malnutrition, and not Mauriac syndrome per se, as the cause of the elevated sweat chloride concentration. We describe a second example of transient elevation of sweat chloride concentration, which confirms that the malnutrition intrinsic to Mauriac syndrome, rather than the syndrome itself, was the probable cause of elevated sweat chloride values.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Chlorides / analysis*
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus / metabolism*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / metabolism*
  • Dwarfism / complications
  • Dwarfism / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Hepatomegaly / complications
  • Hepatomegaly / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Nutrition Disorders / complications
  • Nutrition Disorders / metabolism*
  • Obesity*
  • Sweat / chemistry*
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Chlorides