Glutaric aciduria type 1 – the mask cerebral palsy (case report)

Abstract

We report an 8-year-old patient with glutaric aciduria type 1 associated with compound heterozygous mutations c.1204C>T (p.Arg402Trp) and c.547C>T (p.Ser216Leu) in GCDH. Clinical case illustrates the difficulty in diagnosing this hereditary disease, its mimicry of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and cerebral palsy. The timeliness of early diagnosis and initiation of specific therapy makes it possible to improve the condition of patients.

Keywords

• glutaric aciduria
• gcdh gene
• cerebral palsy
• encephalic crisis