Abnormal liver function tests in a patient with myotonic dystrophy type 1. 2012

Maria Kalafateli, and Christos Triantos, and Athanasios Tsamandas, and Gerasimos Kounadis, and Chryssoula Labropoulou-Karatza
Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece. mariakalaf@hotmail.com

Myotonic dystrophy type 1, also known as Steinert's disease, is a multisystemic disorder with significant genetic and clinical heterogeneity. Apart from skeletal muscles' myotonia and wasting, a variety of system organs can be affected. We report on a 49 years old female patient with unremarkable medical and family history, who presented with elevated liver enzymes without signs or symptoms of chronic liver disease neither neurological features. Initial assessment, including liver biopsy, did not reveal the cause of these abnormalities. Eight months later, she complained for disequilibrium and eventually electromyography confirmed the diagnosis of Steinert's disease. Steinert's disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with elevated liver enzymes, as long as abnormal liver tests may be the initial presentation. The pathophysiological mechanism of this abnormality remains unclear.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008111 Liver Function Tests Blood tests that are used to evaluate how well a patient's liver is working and also to help diagnose liver conditions. Function Test, Liver,Function Tests, Liver,Liver Function Test,Test, Liver Function,Tests, Liver Function
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009223 Myotonic Dystrophy Neuromuscular disorder characterized by PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOTONIA, and various multisystem atrophies. Mild INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY may also occur. Abnormal TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION in the 3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS of DMPK PROTEIN gene is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 1. DNA REPEAT EXPANSION of zinc finger protein-9 gene intron is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 2. Dystrophia Myotonica,Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital,Myotonic Myopathy, Proximal,Steinert Disease,Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy,Dystrophia Myotonica 1,Dystrophia Myotonica 2,Myotonia Atrophica,Myotonia Dystrophica,Myotonic Dystrophy 1,Myotonic Dystrophy 2,PROMM (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy),Proximal Myotonic Myopathy,Ricker Syndrome,Steinert Myotonic Dystrophy,Steinert's Disease,Atrophica, Myotonia,Atrophicas, Myotonia,Congenital Myotonic Dystrophies,Disease, Steinert,Disease, Steinert's,Dystrophia Myotonica 2s,Dystrophia Myotonicas,Dystrophica, Myotonia,Dystrophicas, Myotonia,Dystrophies, Congenital Myotonic,Dystrophies, Myotonic,Dystrophy, Congenital Myotonic,Dystrophy, Myotonic,Dystrophy, Steinert Myotonic,Myopathies, Proximal Myotonic,Myopathy, Proximal Myotonic,Myotonia Atrophicas,Myotonia Dystrophicas,Myotonic Dystrophies,Myotonic Dystrophies, Congenital,Myotonic Dystrophy, Steinert,Myotonic Myopathies, Proximal,Myotonica, Dystrophia,Myotonicas, Dystrophia,PROMMs (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy),Proximal Myotonic Myopathies,Steinerts Disease,Syndrome, Ricker
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D005723 gamma-Glutamyltransferase An enzyme, sometimes called GGT, with a key role in the synthesis and degradation of GLUTATHIONE; (GSH, a tripeptide that protects cells from many toxins). It catalyzes the transfer of the gamma-glutamyl moiety to an acceptor amino acid. GGTP,Glutamyl Transpeptidase,gammaglutamyltransferase,gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase,Transpeptidase, Glutamyl,Transpeptidase, gamma-Glutamyl,gamma Glutamyl Transpeptidase,gamma Glutamyltransferase
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000410 Alanine Transaminase An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of L-alanine and 2-oxoglutarate to pyruvate and L-glutamate. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 2.6.1.2. Alanine Aminotransferase,Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase,SGPT,Alanine-2-Oxoglutarate Aminotransferase,Glutamic-Alanine Transaminase,Alanine 2 Oxoglutarate Aminotransferase,Aminotransferase, Alanine,Aminotransferase, Alanine-2-Oxoglutarate,Glutamic Alanine Transaminase,Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase,Transaminase, Alanine,Transaminase, Glutamic-Alanine,Transaminase, Glutamic-Pyruvic
D001219 Aspartate Aminotransferases Enzymes of the transferase class that catalyze the conversion of L-aspartate and 2-ketoglutarate to oxaloacetate and L-glutamate. EC 2.6.1.1. Aspartate Aminotransferase,Aspartate Transaminase,Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase,SGOT,Aspartate Apoaminotransferase,Glutamate-Aspartate Transaminase,L-Aspartate-2-Oxoglutarate Aminotransferase,Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase,Aminotransferase, Aspartate,Aminotransferase, L-Aspartate-2-Oxoglutarate,Aminotransferases, Aspartate,Apoaminotransferase, Aspartate,Glutamate Aspartate Transaminase,Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase,Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase, Serum,L Aspartate 2 Oxoglutarate Aminotransferase,Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase,Transaminase, Aspartate,Transaminase, Glutamate-Aspartate,Transaminase, Glutamic-Oxaloacetic,Transaminase, Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic

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