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An Infant With Hereditary Fructose Intolerance and a Novel Presentation of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy Following Pyloromyotomy

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Hereditary fructose intolerance is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by liver failure, renal tubulopathy, growth retardation, and occasionally death upon exposure to fructose. We present a 2-month-old male… Click to show full abstract

Hereditary fructose intolerance is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by liver failure, renal tubulopathy, growth retardation, and occasionally death upon exposure to fructose. We present a 2-month-old male infant diagnosed with pyloric stenosis who developed disseminated intravascular coagulopathy following pyloromyotomy. Unexplained persistent coagulopathy, acute liver failure, and metabolic dysfunction led to whole-exome sequencing, which revealed compound heterozygous variants in ALDOB (p.Arg60Ter and p.Ala150Pro), diagnostic of hereditary fructose intolerance. Shortly after initiating a fructose-free diet, our patient had resolution of his coagulopathy, hepatic, and metabolic dysfunction.

Keywords: disseminated intravascular; intravascular coagulopathy; coagulopathy following; fructose intolerance; hereditary fructose

Journal Title: Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Year Published: 2022

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