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Increased CSF leucine concentration

MedGen UID:
1689585
Concept ID:
C5139576
Finding
Synonym: High leucine levels in cerebrospinal fluid
 
HPO: HP:0500191

Definition

Abnormally increased levels of leucine in cerebrospinal fluid. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Pyruvate dehydrogenase E3 deficiency
MedGen UID:
1805500
Concept ID:
C5574660
Disease or Syndrome
The phenotypes of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (DLD) deficiency are an overlapping continuum that ranges from early-onset neurologic manifestations to adult-onset liver involvement and, rarely, a myopathic presentation. Early-onset DLD deficiency typically manifests in infancy as hypotonia with lactic acidosis. Affected infants frequently do not survive their initial metabolic decompensation, or die within the first few years of life during a recurrent metabolic decompensation. Children who live beyond the first two to three years frequently exhibit growth deficiencies and residual neurologic deficits (intellectual disability, spasticity, ataxia, and seizures). In contrast, isolated liver involvement can present as early as the neonatal period and as late as the third decade. Evidence of liver injury/failure is preceded by nausea and emesis and frequently associated with encephalopathy and/or coagulopathy. Acute metabolic episodes are frequently associated with lactate elevations, hyperammonemia, and hepatomegaly. With resolution of the acute episodes affected individuals frequently return to baseline with no residual neurologic deficit or intellectual disability. Liver failure can result in death, even in those with late-onset disease. Individuals with the myopathic presentation may experience muscle cramps, weakness, and an elevated creatine kinase.

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Wang JW, Zhang DD, Wu W, Zhou Y, Tao T, Li W, Zhuang Z, Hang CH
World Neurosurg 2023 Apr;172:e225-e230. Epub 2023 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.01.003. PMID: 36608792
Loeffler DA, Aasly JO, LeWitt PA, Coffey MP
J Parkinsons Dis 2019;9(3):467-488. doi: 10.3233/JPD-191630. PMID: 31322581Free PMC Article
Wang S, Liu Z, Ye T, Mabrouk OS, Maltbie T, Aasly J, West AB
Acta Neuropathol Commun 2017 Nov 22;5(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s40478-017-0492-y. PMID: 29166931Free PMC Article
Nakajima M, Miyajima M, Ogino I, Watanabe M, Miyata H, Karagiozov KL, Arai H, Hagiwara Y, Segawa T, Kobayashi K, Hashimoto Y
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2011 Jun;153(6):1339-46; discussion 1346. Epub 2011 Feb 19 doi: 10.1007/s00701-011-0963-z. PMID: 21336807Free PMC Article
Camu W, Billiard M, Baldy-Moulinier M
Acta Neurol Scand 1993 Jul;88(1):51-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1993.tb04186.x. PMID: 8372631

Diagnosis

Loeffler DA, Aasly JO, LeWitt PA, Coffey MP
J Parkinsons Dis 2019;9(3):467-488. doi: 10.3233/JPD-191630. PMID: 31322581Free PMC Article
Wang S, Liu Z, Ye T, Mabrouk OS, Maltbie T, Aasly J, West AB
Acta Neuropathol Commun 2017 Nov 22;5(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s40478-017-0492-y. PMID: 29166931Free PMC Article
Miyajima M, Nakajima M, Motoi Y, Moriya M, Sugano H, Ogino I, Nakamura E, Tada N, Kunichika M, Arai H
PLoS One 2013;8(9):e74453. Epub 2013 Sep 18 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074453. PMID: 24058569Free PMC Article
Nakajima M, Miyajima M, Ogino I, Watanabe M, Miyata H, Karagiozov KL, Arai H, Hagiwara Y, Segawa T, Kobayashi K, Hashimoto Y
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2011 Jun;153(6):1339-46; discussion 1346. Epub 2011 Feb 19 doi: 10.1007/s00701-011-0963-z. PMID: 21336807Free PMC Article
Camu W, Billiard M, Baldy-Moulinier M
Acta Neurol Scand 1993 Jul;88(1):51-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1993.tb04186.x. PMID: 8372631

Therapy

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Prognosis

Wang JW, Zhang DD, Wu W, Zhou Y, Tao T, Li W, Zhuang Z, Hang CH
World Neurosurg 2023 Apr;172:e225-e230. Epub 2023 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.01.003. PMID: 36608792
Nakajima M, Miyajima M, Ogino I, Watanabe M, Miyata H, Karagiozov KL, Arai H, Hagiwara Y, Segawa T, Kobayashi K, Hashimoto Y
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2011 Jun;153(6):1339-46; discussion 1346. Epub 2011 Feb 19 doi: 10.1007/s00701-011-0963-z. PMID: 21336807Free PMC Article
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Clinical prediction guides

Wang JW, Zhang DD, Wu W, Zhou Y, Tao T, Li W, Zhuang Z, Hang CH
World Neurosurg 2023 Apr;172:e225-e230. Epub 2023 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.01.003. PMID: 36608792
Dobrowolska JA, Michener MS, Wu G, Patterson BW, Chott R, Ovod V, Pyatkivskyy Y, Wildsmith KR, Kasten T, Mathers P, Dancho M, Lennox C, Smith BE, Gilberto D, McLoughlin D, Holder DJ, Stamford AW, Yarasheski KE, Kennedy ME, Savage MJ, Bateman RJ
J Neurosci 2014 Jun 11;34(24):8336-46. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0540-14.2014. PMID: 24920637Free PMC Article
Miyajima M, Nakajima M, Motoi Y, Moriya M, Sugano H, Ogino I, Nakamura E, Tada N, Kunichika M, Arai H
PLoS One 2013;8(9):e74453. Epub 2013 Sep 18 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074453. PMID: 24058569Free PMC Article
Nakajima M, Miyajima M, Ogino I, Watanabe M, Miyata H, Karagiozov KL, Arai H, Hagiwara Y, Segawa T, Kobayashi K, Hashimoto Y
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2011 Jun;153(6):1339-46; discussion 1346. Epub 2011 Feb 19 doi: 10.1007/s00701-011-0963-z. PMID: 21336807Free PMC Article
Camu W, Billiard M, Baldy-Moulinier M
Acta Neurol Scand 1993 Jul;88(1):51-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1993.tb04186.x. PMID: 8372631

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