Two UFs publish case report on L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria in a family

A team from the University of Florida and the University of Freiburg in Germany collaborated for this case report:

Int J Neurosci. 2009;119(11):2118-23.
Tracing the origin of L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria in a family.
Sass JO, Romrell JS, Vinson SY, Fernandez HH, Fischer J, Rodriguez RL, Okun MS.

Labor für Klinische Biochemie und Stoffwechsel, Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Mathildenstr. 1, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.

We describe late diagnosis of an adult with L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (MIM 236792) on the basis of characteristic metabolite data and mutation analysis in the L2HGDH gene. The patient lacked MRI abnormalities which have been purported to be constant or typical findings in this disease. We further report the genetic status of his parents and his one living sibling. Our observations underline the clinical heterogeneity of the syndrome of L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria. This report emphasizes the diagnostic benefit of the assessment of urinary organic acids not only in children, but also in adult patients with unexplained neurological symptoms. The patient was determined to be compound heterozygous for two novel missense mutations in exon 4 of the gene (c.418G>C, c.446T>G), resulting in amino acid exchanges from alanine to proline (p.Ala140Pro) and leucine to arginine (p.Leu149Arg), respectively. The mother of our patient was heterozygous for Ala140Pro, and the father heterozygous for Leu149Arg only. Mutation analysis of a healthy 49-year-old third son of the non-consanguineous parents revealed a normal exon 4.

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