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Causes of 3-MGC aciduria in children
Quantitative analysis of urine organic acids by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry exhibited elevated levels of 3-methylglutaconic (3-MGC) acid of 121 mmol/mol of creatinine (normal range:0-8) and 3-methylglutaric (3-MGR) acid of 33 mmol/mol of creatinine (normal range:0-2) with a normal level of 3-hydroxyisovaleric acid of 40 mmol/mol of creatinine (normal range:0-39) making the diagnosis of type I 3-MGC aciduria less likely.
Barth syndrome, a cause of 3-MGC aciduria and cardiomyopathy, would be an unlikely diagnosis in our patient primarily due to absence of symptoms in female carriers secondary to presumed skewing of X-inactivation and lack of growth retardation and neutropenia.
3-methylglutaconic (3-MGC)
We suspect that this proband's 3-MGC aciduria reflects a defect in mitochondrial energy metabolism and that her mild orotic aciduria may be a nonspecific marker of mitochondrial dysfunction.