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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Volume 175, Issue 1, Pages 143-146Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-015-2584-7
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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis; Chenodeoxycholic acid; Treatment; Infant; Newborn screening; Hepatotoxicity
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We present a two-week old girl who was diagnosed with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX), an inborn error of bile acid synthesis, after a diagnostic workup for convulsions which were shown to be caused by a parechovirus encephalitis. The diagnosis of CTX was confirmed with CYP27A1 mutation analysis. She was started on chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) supplementation, which inhibits cholestanol production through a feedback mechanism, at the advised dosage of 15 mg/kg/day. Within 6 weeks, she developed jaundice with hepatomegaly. CDCA supplementation was stopped after which liver size and function rapidly normalised. CDCA supplementation was then restarted and maintained at 5 mg/kg/day. Cholestanol, liver enzymes and total bilirubin were frequently monitored in the patient, who is now 2.8 years of age, and have remained within normal range. Her psychomotor development has been normal. Conclusion: adequate metabolic control was achieved in an infant with CTX with CDCA supplementation at a dosage of 5 mg/kg/day and was well tolerated. CDCA supplementation at 15 mg/kg/day seems hepatotoxic in infants and should not be used. This is relevant in view of the possible inclusion of CTX in newborn screening programs in the near future.
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