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Elevated urine trihydroxycholestanoic acid level

MedGen UID:
1052780
Concept ID:
CN376989
Finding
Synonyms: Elevated urine THCA level; Elevated urine trihydroxycoprostanic acid level
 
HPO: HP:6000393

Definition

Presence of trihydroxycholestanoic acid in the urine. Trihydroxycholestanoic acid is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cholic acid. Elevated plasma levels of trihydroxycholestanoic acid have been found in patients with Zellweger syndrome. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVElevated urine trihydroxycholestanoic acid level

Conditions with this feature

Peroxisome biogenesis disorder type 3B
MedGen UID:
763607
Concept ID:
C3550693
Disease or Syndrome
Zellweger spectrum disorder (ZSD) is a phenotypic continuum ranging from severe to mild. While individual phenotypes (e.g., Zellweger syndrome [ZS], neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy [NALD], and infantile Refsum disease [IRD]) were described in the past before the biochemical and molecular bases of this spectrum were fully determined, the term "ZSD" is now used to refer to all individuals with a defect in one of the ZSD-PEX genes regardless of phenotype. Individuals with ZSD usually come to clinical attention in the newborn period or later in childhood. Affected newborns are hypotonic and feed poorly. They have distinctive facies, congenital malformations (neuronal migration defects associated with neonatal-onset seizures, renal cysts, and bony stippling [chondrodysplasia punctata] of the patella[e] and the long bones), and liver disease that can be severe. Infants with severe ZSD are significantly impaired and typically die during the first year of life, usually having made no developmental progress. Individuals with intermediate/milder ZSD do not have congenital malformations, but rather progressive peroxisome dysfunction variably manifest as sensory loss (secondary to retinal dystrophy and sensorineural hearing loss), neurologic involvement (ataxia, polyneuropathy, and leukodystrophy), liver dysfunction, adrenal insufficiency, and renal oxalate stones. While hypotonia and developmental delays are typical, intellect can be normal. Some have osteopenia; almost all have ameleogenesis imperfecta in the secondary teeth.

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Diagnosis

Monte MJ, Alonso-Peña M, Briz O, Herraez E, Berasain C, Argemi J, Prieto J, Marin JJG
J Hepatol 2017 Mar;66(3):581-588. Epub 2016 Nov 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.11.005. PMID: 27884763

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