Severe hypoglycaemia in a patient with glycogen storage disease type III induced by infectious mononucleosis

T Kimura; H Ikeda; M Kato; A Ito; M Okubo; K Hayasaka

doi:10.1023/a:1013900526628

Severe hypoglycaemia in a patient with glycogen storage disease type III induced by infectious mononucleosis

J Inherit Metab Dis. 2001 Dec;24(8):873-4. doi: 10.1023/a:1013900526628.

Authors

T Kimura¹, H Ikeda, M Kato, A Ito, M Okubo, K Hayasaka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 11916322
DOI: 10.1023/a:1013900526628

Abstract

A 10-month-old girl with glycogen storage disease type III developed recurrent severe hypoglycaemia induced by infectious mononucleosis. Severe metabolic damage probably reflected a rapid breakdown of liver cells induced by the viral infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Glycogen Storage Disease Type III / complications*
Glycogen Storage Disease Type III / diet therapy
Glycogen Storage Disease Type III / physiopathology
Humans
Hypoglycemia / etiology*
Hypoglycemia / physiopathology
Infant
Infectious Mononucleosis / complications*
Infectious Mononucleosis / physiopathology
Lactic Acid / blood
Liver / physiopathology
Recurrence
Starch / administration & dosage

Substances

Lactic Acid
Starch