title: Medium-chain triglyceride medication as a pitfall in the diagnosis of non-ketotic C6-C10-dicarboxylic acidurias.
abstract: Four children and one adult who received medium-chain triglycerides of C6-C10 chain length excreted substantial amounts of C6-C10-dicarboxylic acids in the urine. It has become increasingly common to treat children suspected of malabsorption with preparations containing medium-chain triglycerides, and attention is drawn to the danger of confusing the dicarboxylic aciduria seen in these children, with that seen in metabolic defects due to a possible failure in the beta-oxidation of fatty acids.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007662:Ketosis / Q000652:urine; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids; D014280:Triglycerides