Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is an inherited metabolic disorder characterized by recurrent urolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis frequently leading to progressive renal insufficiency during the second decade of life. Systemic organ involvement as a result of the accumulation of calcium oxalate crystal deposits in vessel walls often is observed. We report a case of a 56-year-old woman with late-onset of PH1 who developed rapidly progressive renal failure and severe systemic oxalosis with skin and eye involvement despite intensified hemodialytic therapy during the waiting period for combined liver and kidney transplantation. This case illustrates the difficulties in treatment of PH1-induced end-stage renal disease. Combined liver and kidney transplantation should be offered to these patients as soon as possible to reverse the underlying metabolic defect and to restore renal function.
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Kidney Int Rep
January 2025
Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Rosenheim Hospital, Germany.
Introduction: Newborn screening (NBS) programs for a defined set of eligible diseases have been enormously successful, but genomic NBS allowing for detection of additional treatable disorders has not been broadly implemented. All 3 types of primary hyperoxaluria (PH1-3) are rare autosomal recessive diseases caused by distinct defects of glyoxylate metabolism that are diagnosed genetically with certainty. Early diagnosis and treatment are mandatory to avoid renal failure or sequalae associated with persistent hyperoxaluria.
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December 2024
Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Jaén, Campus of International Excellence in Agri-Food (ceiA3), 23071 Jaén, Spain.
Human lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) is a homotetrameric isozyme involved in the conversion of glyoxylate into oxalate in the cytosol of liver cells (hepatocytes) and partially responsible for the overproduction of oxalate in patients with the rare disease called primary hyperoxaluria (PH). Recently, LDHA inhibition has been validated as a safe therapeutic method to try to control the PH disease. Stiripentol (STP) is an approved drug used in the treatment of seizures associated with Dravet's syndrome (a severe form of epilepsy in infancy) which, in addition, has been drawing interest in recent years also for potentially treating PH, due to its LDHA inhibitory activity.
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January 2025
Department of Neurology, Damascus University-Faculty of Medicine, Damascus, Syria, MA.
A 50-year-old woman with kidney failure complained of back pain and an inability to walk. The medical history included hypothyroidism, nephrolithiasis, and resistant anemia aligned with several transfusions. The examination showed hepatosplenomegaly, lower limb weakness, absence of reflexes, and lack of sensations with a sensory level T6.
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January 2025
Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Children's Regional Medical Center, Hangzhou, 310052, China.
This research delves into Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 2 (PH2), an autosomal recessive disorder precipitated by a unique case of compound heterozygous deleterious mutations in the GRHPR gene, specifically the intron2/3 c.214-2 T > G and the exon8 c.864-865delTG, leading to a premature stop codon at p.
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January 2025
Center for Genetics and Inherited Diseases, Taibah University Medina, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Aim: Autosomal recessive primary hyperoxalurias (PH) are genetic disorders characterised by elevated oxalate production. Mutations in genes involved in glycoxylate metabolism are the underlying cause of PH. Type 1 PH (PH1) results in malfunctioning of alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase enzymes of liver due to a change in the genetic sequence of alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGXT) gene.
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