An elderly Japanese patient with adult-onset type II citrullinemia with a novel D493G mutation in the SLC25A13 gene

Intern Med. 2012;51(16):2131-4. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7644. Epub 2012 Aug 15.

Abstract

Mutations in the SLC25A13 gene lead to neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency and/or adult-onset type II citrullinemia (CTLN2). A 62-year-old man presented with recurrent episodes of neuropsychiatric manifestations. On admission, he had disorientation and flapping tremor. Laboratory data showed hyperferritinemia in addition to postprandial hyperammonemia and citrullinemia. A liver biopsy specimen revealed moderate hemosiderin deposits and hepatocytes with macrovesicular fat droplets. Genetic analysis of the SLC25A13 gene identified the previously reported p.S225X mutation and a novel p.D493G mutation. Hyperferritinemia might also be a characteristic finding of CTLN2-related fatty changes of the liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Age of Onset
  • Citrullinemia / epidemiology
  • Citrullinemia / genetics*
  • Comorbidity
  • Ferritins / blood
  • Hepatocytes / pathology
  • Humans
  • Iron Metabolism Disorders / epidemiology
  • Japan
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics*
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
  • SLC25A13 protein, human
  • Ferritins