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Metallosis mimicking a metabolic disorder: a case report
Metalic prosthesis or occupational exposure are potential sources of systemic cobalt and chromium ion toxicity. The resultant multisystemic clinical presentation can lead to unnecessary investigations before a final etiologic diagnosis is made; with an average delay of a year or more commonly noted....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30271721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgmr.2018.09.005 |
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author | Stepien, Karolina M. Abidin, Zaza Lee, Graham Cullen, Rachel Logan, Patricia Pastores, Gregory M. |
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description | Metalic prosthesis or occupational exposure are potential sources of systemic cobalt and chromium ion toxicity. The resultant multisystemic clinical presentation can lead to unnecessary investigations before a final etiologic diagnosis is made; with an average delay of a year or more commonly noted. A 58-year old man presented with cardiomyopathy, pericardial effusion, polycytaemia, polyneuropathy, visual impairment, sudden hearing loss and hypothyroidism over a 2-year period post a metal-on-polyethylene hip replacement surgery. Biochemistry test results showed serum lactate of 3.8 mmol/L (0.5–2.2 mmol/L). Urine organic acid screen showed mild increases in excretion of tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates and 2-ethylhydracryllate; suggestive of primary or secondary mitochondrial dysfunction. There were also slight increases in excretion of 4-hydroxyphenyllactate and 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate suggestive of liver dysfunction. Acylcarnitine profile showed slight increase in hydroxybutyrylcarnitine and tetradeceneoylcarnitine that may reflect ketosis. In view of his clinical presentation and abnormal metabolic investigations, the initial working diagnosis was mitochondrial disease. Subsequently, patient presented with hip pain, and radiologic and imaging studies revealed high density collections lateral to the right proximal part of the femur, and medial to the right ilium with signal changes suggestive of metallic content. This prompted toxicology screen which revealed elevated plasma cobalt concentration (903.32 μg/L; reference range: 0.1–0.4) and chromium (71.32 μg/L; <0.5). Six months post right hip prosthesis removal the concentrations have declined and was 61.72 μg/L and chromium 23.97 μg/L. Patient felt some improvement symptomatically, without evident deterioration in his vision or hearing. This case emphasises careful consideration of past medical history, in patients presenting with multisystemic disease suggestive of mitochondrial dysfunction, and potential causality related to exposure to toxic agents. In retrospect, the absence of a family history could be viewed as a pertinent negative finding. Not uncommonly, specialist focus on their favored system and may not search for a unifying diagnosis. It is likely further delays in diagnosis would have occurred had the patient not developed hip pains, and ultimately referred to the orthopedic surgeons more familiar with similar cases. |
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spelling | pubmed-61593442018-09-28 Metallosis mimicking a metabolic disorder: a case report Stepien, Karolina M. Abidin, Zaza Lee, Graham Cullen, Rachel Logan, Patricia Pastores, Gregory M. Mol Genet Metab Rep Case Report Metalic prosthesis or occupational exposure are potential sources of systemic cobalt and chromium ion toxicity. The resultant multisystemic clinical presentation can lead to unnecessary investigations before a final etiologic diagnosis is made; with an average delay of a year or more commonly noted. A 58-year old man presented with cardiomyopathy, pericardial effusion, polycytaemia, polyneuropathy, visual impairment, sudden hearing loss and hypothyroidism over a 2-year period post a metal-on-polyethylene hip replacement surgery. Biochemistry test results showed serum lactate of 3.8 mmol/L (0.5–2.2 mmol/L). Urine organic acid screen showed mild increases in excretion of tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates and 2-ethylhydracryllate; suggestive of primary or secondary mitochondrial dysfunction. There were also slight increases in excretion of 4-hydroxyphenyllactate and 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate suggestive of liver dysfunction. Acylcarnitine profile showed slight increase in hydroxybutyrylcarnitine and tetradeceneoylcarnitine that may reflect ketosis. In view of his clinical presentation and abnormal metabolic investigations, the initial working diagnosis was mitochondrial disease. Subsequently, patient presented with hip pain, and radiologic and imaging studies revealed high density collections lateral to the right proximal part of the femur, and medial to the right ilium with signal changes suggestive of metallic content. This prompted toxicology screen which revealed elevated plasma cobalt concentration (903.32 μg/L; reference range: 0.1–0.4) and chromium (71.32 μg/L; <0.5). Six months post right hip prosthesis removal the concentrations have declined and was 61.72 μg/L and chromium 23.97 μg/L. Patient felt some improvement symptomatically, without evident deterioration in his vision or hearing. This case emphasises careful consideration of past medical history, in patients presenting with multisystemic disease suggestive of mitochondrial dysfunction, and potential causality related to exposure to toxic agents. In retrospect, the absence of a family history could be viewed as a pertinent negative finding. Not uncommonly, specialist focus on their favored system and may not search for a unifying diagnosis. It is likely further delays in diagnosis would have occurred had the patient not developed hip pains, and ultimately referred to the orthopedic surgeons more familiar with similar cases. Elsevier 2018-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6159344/ /pubmed/30271721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgmr.2018.09.005 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Stepien, Karolina M. Abidin, Zaza Lee, Graham Cullen, Rachel Logan, Patricia Pastores, Gregory M. Metallosis mimicking a metabolic disorder: a case report |
title | Metallosis mimicking a metabolic disorder: a case report |
title_full | Metallosis mimicking a metabolic disorder: a case report |
title_fullStr | Metallosis mimicking a metabolic disorder: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Metallosis mimicking a metabolic disorder: a case report |
title_short | Metallosis mimicking a metabolic disorder: a case report |
title_sort | metallosis mimicking a metabolic disorder: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30271721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgmr.2018.09.005 |
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