Gout, intellectual disability, self-mutilating behavior in a boy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
(HGPRT deficiency, X-linked recessive)
Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, infertility
Kartagener syndrome (dynein arm defect affecting cilia)
Blue sclera, fractures, hearing loss
Osteogenesis imperfecta (type I collagen defect)
arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (downward and inward) aortic dissection, hyper flexible joints, pectus excuvatum, intellectual disability, clots
Homocystinuria
Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation (upward and temporal),
aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints, pectus excavatum
Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect)
Café-au-lait spots (unilateral), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia,
precocious puberty, multiple endocrine abnormalities
McCune-Albright syndrome (Gs -protein activating mutation)
Calf pseudohypertrophy Muscular dystrophy (most commonly.
Child uses arms to stand up from squat
Duchenne, due to X-linked recessive frameshift mutation of
dystrophin gene
(Gowers sign)
Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys
Becker muscular dystrophy
(X-linked non-frameshift deletions in dystrophin; less severe
than Duchenne)
Infant with cleft lip/palate, microcephaly or
holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, cutis aplasia
Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)
Infant with microcephaly, rocker-bottom feet, clenched hands,
and structural heart defect
Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)
AML, cardiac defect, atlatoaxial instability, single palmar
crease, early onset alzheimers
Downs syndrome
Patient with myalgias, experiences “Second wind”, cramps that improve after
10 min of activity, myoglobinuria
McArdle disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)
Infant with marked hypoglycemia, also found to have hepatomegaly
Cori disease (debranching enzyme deficiency)
Von Gierke disease (glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, more severe)
Infant with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Pompe disease “Affects the pump”
lysosomal α-1,4-glucosidase deficiency
Hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, avascular necrosis of
femoral head, bone crises-looks similar to leukemia
Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase [β-glucosidase] deficiency
“Cherry-red spots” on macula, no hepatomegaly
Tay-Sachs
ganglioside GM2 accumulation
“onion-skin lysosome”
“Cherry-red spots” on macula, + hepatomegaly
Niemann-Pick
sphingomyelin accumulation
“foam cells” macrophages
5 day old has a bilirubin of 11, direct is 0.5. Exam shows
jaundice. Parents say he is eating and pooping normally.
Likely dx?
Physiologic jaundice
5 day old has a bilirubin of 11, direct is 0.5. Exam shows
jaundice. Parents say he is eating and pooping normally. NSM?
Recheck bilirubin until levels peak and start to downtrend
5 day old has a bilirubin of 11, direct is 0.5. Exam shows
jaundice. Parents say he is eating and pooping normally. Pathophys?
Reduced activity level of the newborn uridine diphosphate glucuronosy-ltransferase (UGT) enzyme (about 1% function of adults)->inability to conjugate all the bilirubin
Total bilirubin continues to rise, first treatment to try?
Phototherapy
Levels continue to rise further, now level is 30, what now?
Exchange transfusion
5 day old has a bilirubin of 7, direct is 0.5. They are fussy with signs of dehydration and concerns for not gaining weight.
Breastfeeding Jaundice (lactation failure jaundice)
5 day old has a bilirubin of 7, direct is 0.5. They are fussy with signs of dehydration and concerns for not gaining weight. Pathophys?
Not enough intake of breastmilk, therefore not enough stooling to remove bilirubin.