title: Major ketogenesis and the absence of an osmolar gap in an atypical case of alcoholic ketoacidosis.
abstract: A new case of alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA) is presented because of unusual clinical and biochemical features. Although it shares some similarities with typical cases of AKA, it appears as unique because of predominantly neurological, rather than abdominal symptoms, major ketogenesis with normal ketone body ratio, the presence of large amounts of propanediol and the absence of an osmolar gap.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, Hôpital Huriez, Lille, France. g-renom@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renom
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maisonneuve
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dehon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Azar
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007662:Ketosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D019946:Propylene Glycol / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D007657:Ketone Bodies; D019946:Propylene Glycol