Reye's syndrome in an adult.
Reye's syndrome or encephalopathy with fatty infiltration of the liver occurs mainly in childhood and to a lesser degree in adult age. This report concerns a rare adult case of this syndrome in Europe. The different diagnostic steps are described, with special emphasis on the enzymatic disturbances of the Krebs-Henseleit cycle and on the morphological criteria needed to confirm the diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D002223:Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Glutamine-Hydrolyzing) / Q000032:analysis; D002952:Citric Acid Cycle; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications; D020163:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease; D012202:Reye Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology
D002223:Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Glutamine-Hydrolyzing)