[Combined exchange transfusion and peritoneal dialysis treatment in a neonatal case of methylmalonic acidemia with severe hyperammonemia].

Abstract

A case of methyl-malonic acidemia with severe neonatal hyperammoniemia is presented. Treatment during the first days of live with exchange-transfusion, with protein-free blood and peritoneal dialysis induced a decrease of blood ammonia values from 1360 to 270 micrograms/dl and the correction of systemic metabolic acidosis. Continuation of treatment by dietary means was followed by normalization of clinical status and almost total correction of the urinary excretion of methyl-malonic and propionic acids, but the patient died at 33 days of life due to an intercurrent infection. This case, together with a case previously reported of propionic acidemia with neonatal hyperammoniemia and prolonged survival, demonstrates that complementary treatment by means of exchange transfusion and peritoneal dialysis is mandatory in all cases of neonatal hyperammoniemia of metabolic origin, since survival without irreversible neurological damage is possible.

• Authors: P Sanjurjo, C Jaquotot, A Vallo, R Uriarte, J M Prats, M Ugarte, J Rodríguez Soriano
• Journal: Anales espanoles de pediatria (An Esp Pediatr) Vol. 17 Issue 4 Pg. 317-20 (Oct 1982) ISSN: 0302-4342 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Tratamiento combinado de exanguino-transfusión y diálisis peritoneal en un caso neonatal de acidemia metil-malónica con hiperamoniemia severa.
• PMID: 6818879 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Amino Acids, Branched-Chain
• Dietary Proteins
• Malonates
• Ammonia
• Methylmalonic Acid

Topics

• Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors (blood, therapy)
• Amino Acids, Branched-Chain (administration & dosage)
• Ammonia (blood)
• Dietary Proteins (administration & dosage)
• Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood
• Female
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Malonates (blood)
• Methylmalonic Acid (blood)
• Parenteral Nutrition
• Peritoneal Dialysis