D-lactic acidosis mediated neuronal encephalopathy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient: An under diagnosis

Damodara Rao Mendu; Martin Fleisher; Samuel I. McCash; Melissa S. Pessin; Lakshmi V. Ramanathan

doi:10.1016/j.cca.2014.12.025

D-lactic acidosis mediated neuronal encephalopathy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient: An under diagnosis

Damodara Rao Mendu, Martin Fleisher, Samuel I. McCash, Melissa S. Pessin, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan

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Abstract

Background: D-lactic acidosis, also referred as D-lactate encephalopathy, has been reported in patients with short bowl syndrome (SBS). Case report: The neurologic symptoms include altered mental status, slurred speech, and ataxia. Onset of neurological symptoms is accompanied by metabolic acidosis and high anion gap. We present here a case of D-lactic acidosis in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who developed severe neurological symptoms and metabolic acidosis due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection, and elevated D-lactic acid.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	90-91
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinica Chimica Acta
Volume	441
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2014.12.025
State	Published - Feb 4 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

D-lactic acid
Hematological malignancy
Neuropathy

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Biochemistry
Clinical Biochemistry
Biochemistry, medical

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D-lactic acidosis mediated neuronal encephalopathy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient: An under diagnosis

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