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The authors report a new case of glucose-galactose malabsorption. The particular features of this neonatal life-threatening refractory diarrhea are recalled. The dietetic management which permits a normal growth and psycho-intellectual development is described. The pathophysiological mechanisms of this malabsorption is elucidated from a review of the literature which specifies the autosomal, recessive mode of inheritance.
The authors report the case of an term infant weighing 2,860 kgs, who presented with failure to thrive during the two first months of life. Clinical features suggested the diagnosis of leprechaunism. After a review of the literature, the authors conclude that the diagnosis of this rare condition is essentially a clinical one, as there are no specific laboratory tests.
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After 4 weeks of total parenteral nutrition (TPN), a 12-yr-old girl exhibited an acute heart failure with high cardiac output, anuria, and severe lactic acidosis. The clinical, hemodynamic, and biological data suggested the diagnosis of shoshin beriberi which was proved by the low erythrocyte transketolase activity with elevated "TPP effect" and by the dramatic improvement of the patient after thiamin administration. Thiamin deficiency and severe neurological disorders have been described during long-term parenteral nutrition. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the cardiovascular complication of this vitamin deprivation in long-term TPN.